this is sacrilege, they're claiming a backlash against BACON? no.
Post-bacon craze, America's salty, smoky prosciutto with an aw-shucks attitude goes upscale
By
Francis Lam What is it?
Bacon has been the apple of food nerds' eye for so long that the backlash to it already had a backlash, its fans an impenetrable phalanx of fatty warriors. So what is it about bacon? Is it the salty goodness? The smoke? Or the way lard delivers these flavors in wallops? Either way, bacon is the cook's sledgehammer. But it's time to make way for country ham, the cook's ... er, well, whatever counts as the more elegant version of a sledgehammer.............
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