Food, Food Artisans

Camp Bacon Main Event Highlights

Welcome to Camp Bacon!

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Chad greets campers at the sign-in table.

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Early bird guests dig in to the breakfast spread.

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Ari performing quality control.

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Chef Alex at the ready.

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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!

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More introductions.

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

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

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Campers watching the demonstration.

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

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Chad distributing samples.

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Ari introduces Jeffrey Yoskowitz.

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

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Audrey Petty reads bacon poetry.

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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.

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Ari introduces Herb Eckhouse of La Quercia.

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Herb Talks about how he began making prosciutto in Iowa.


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