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Bacon-Wrapped Asparagus with Rosemary and Garlic

I’m a well-balanced individual, I swear, it’s just that bacon is so… ubiquitous. Okay, not really, but it should be.
Ingredients:
- Mild oil of your preference; I used grapeseed, olive would be good
- Garlic, either minced garlic or sliced garlic scapes
- Rosemary, fresh or dried
- Asparagus
- Bacon, thick cut
- Toothpicks
1. Pour generous blorb of oil into [...]

Bacon Explosion

Do you feel powerless in the face of the deadly Swine Flu pandemic that’s sweeping the world? Are you searching for something, anything you could do to broadcast to the universe that you cower not in the face of pigs? Are you very hungry? Look no further than the BACON EXPLOSION.
A BRIEF HISTORY: In late [...]

Pasta Carbonara! Pasta Carbonara! And a wine pairing!

I have been moving, which means I have not been cooking, which means I am the laziest bum, but I have returned in the wake of delicious Italian food to bestow upon you the blessings of the greatest of cities, the District of Columbia. Namely, the Weekly Feed column from the DCist, which I’m sure [...]

Ass ass ass.

Once upon a time, there was a pig. And that pig done growed up all fatty and delicious on the inside. Did you know that farm grown pigs have to live in hermetically sealed pig pens now? They cannot romp around in the mud and get saved by charmingly literate spiders or anything. Nothing can [...]

Scones!

So today I made two types of scones for tea at Karen’s house! I made some cranberry scones that I got from this recipe on Smitten Kitchen (my favorite food blog!). I also altered that recipe to make a batch of savory bacon and cheddar scones, which turned out quite well.  The cranberry ones were [...]