Ah, the bacon cheeseburger. Few foods exist that are quite as perfect as this edible wonder. I personally like my bacon cheeseburgers with lettuce, tomato, ketchup, mustard and mayo ? a relatively simple combination, unchanged since I was a little girl, but there is something about that flavour combination that sends me right to my [...]
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Bacon and Poutine
Ah, Poutine. Could there be a dish more hearty, more indulgent, more stalwartly Canadian? The golden french fries, each cooked to perfection, with just the right amount of fluffiness inside to offset the wonderful crunch. The rich, creamy gravy, warm and enveloping, whose heat melts the cheese just slightly. And of course the cheese curds, [...]
Bacon and Vegetables
In many ways, bacon is generally considered to be the exact opposite of a vegetable. Not only is bacon a type of meat, but it is a particularly salty, fatty and delicious cut of meat. It is also a cured meat, which adds to both the flavour and texture of bacon. It’s not just it’s [...]
Decorating for a Bacon Brunch
When I first moved back to the big city, I quickly fell into the habit of going out with my friends for bunch a lot. Almost every weekend we would pick a new exciting location or one of our favourite spots and spend a lazy late morning drinking coffee and chatting. I loved spending time [...]
Open faced Chicken Bacon Club Salad Recipe
So you?re trying to think what looks artistic, yet filling. What can I make that impresses my guest(s)..and makes me look like a champ. Well fear not this very question burned a hole in my brain for quite some time. Then I realized I had lettuce, bacon..and I am a chef. Now anyone can make [...]
Bacon Cinnamon Roll Recipe (yes we can)
So you?re at the end of the dinner…wondering what to give to make the final touch. What makes the guest remember the meals you make? It?s all in the finishing touches AKA dessert! Now how do we make dessert so impressionable a memory that all will speak of it at the next holiday gathering? Something [...]
The Ultimate Bacon Treats
As you may know, desserts are one of our favourite meals, and they are even better with the addition of bacon. Last year we created a list of the top 25 Bacon Dessert Recipes and this year we decided to follow through and create a list of the top 2012 bacon dessert recipes. This list [...]
Chipotle Lime Bacon-Wrapped Shrimp Recipe
Coming home from this cocktail event all I could think of was how great the shrimp was. Ideally the shrimp, the sauce, and its freshness made it, but as always I think of ways to spice things up and add taste value. And here came the newest idea in a series of bacon loving recipes!! [...]
Top 10 2012 Republic of Bacon Recipes
As you know, we here at Republic of Bacon love our bacon recipes, so much that in fact we have our very own Chef Rob creating beautiful recipes full of bacon. With over 100 recipes at our disposal, we have thought it was time to make a list of our top 5 recipes for 2012. [...]
Garlic Parmesan Bacon Biscuit Recipe
It?s that time of the year when joy is spread, and everyone visits expecting a feast both delicious and practical, and most importantly a hint of unique. Lucky me? Well I knew they (my guests) would expect a great meal with delicious ingredients. I had cooked the meat of choice but had no idea what [...]
Bacon Weave Love Roundup
We came across an interested photo on the internet, of none other than a bacon weave cheese sandwich. Although sandwich is a very loose term here as the bread is a bacon weave. Now it got us thinking of the various bacon weave options a person can do to a meal. And from that we [...]
