Welcome to Camp Bacon!

Chad greets campers at the sign-in table.

Early bird guests dig in to the breakfast spread.

Ari performing quality control.

Chef Alex at the ready.

Ari and Joanie asked guests to stand and introduce themselves and describe their favorite ways of eating bacon. There were some very creative and delicious ideas!

More introductions.

Jay Oglesby of the Southern Foodways Alliance talks about the organization’s mission.

Sam Edwards of Edwards Virginia Ham demonstrates curing methods for  ham.

Campers watching the demonstration.

Nothing beats the sound of bacon sizzling on a griddle…except the delicious smell of bacon cooking on a griddle!

Chad distributing samples.

Ari introduces Jeffrey Yoskowitz.

Jeff enthralls campers with tales of the sometimes Byzantine Israeli pork industry.

Audrey Petty reads bacon poetry.

Campers watch a documentary about Big John’s Restaurant in Jackson, MS. The restaurant is a historic part of Jackson, and the upstairs offices and apartments were once occupied by such luminaries as civil rights activist Medgar Evers and blues legend Sonny Boy Williamson.

Ari introduces Herb Eckhouse of La Quercia.

Herb Talks about how he began making prosciutto in Iowa.

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