Agriculture, animals, Camp Bacon, Diversity & Inclusion

An interview with the most interesting man in pork world: Swine Specialist, “Pork” Rhyne Cureton

A sneak peak at one of the speakers at the 10th Anniversary Camp Bacon Main Event on Friday, May 31 at Cornman Farms!    Ari: Looking over your resume, you’ve done a whole lot!  If I read it right, you graduated from North Carolina A&T.  You were a “Swine Specialist” in Uganda and Tanzania. You were […]

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Ari's Top 5, Camp Bacon, Cooking, Recipes

Make this great pasta recipe in anticipation of Camp Bacon!

To get you going for Camp Bacon and to share an advance taste of what’s in her new book, The Pasta Friday Cookbook, Allison Arevalo sent along a lovely recipe: Bucatini with Corn, Pancetta and Burrata! For the pasta, the bucatini from the Rustichella folks will work well (available at the Deli or Mail Order). Burrata—mozzarella […]

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Camp Bacon, Camp Bacon, Education, Food Artisans

An interview with Jeff Roberts: Writer, researcher and “professor” of fine fermented foods

Jeff Roberts and I have run into each other at about a hundred conferences over the years! We’ve shared thoughts, heard each other present, eaten a meal or two together. Over the last thirty-five years, I think it’s safe to say that we’ve travelled moderately parallel paths through the culinary world! Each, of course, in […]

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Camp Bacon

PHOTOS: Look How Much Fun We Had at Camp Bacon!

Our 8th Annual Zingerman’s Camp Bacon® was one of our best yet! Hundreds of campers came to Ann Arbor for five days of bacon-centric events last week, which kicked off with our Film Festival and sizzled to the end with a family-friendly Street Fair. In between, there was also a Bacon Beautiful music event, bacon […]

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Camp Bacon

Look Who’s Coming to Camp Bacon! This Year’s Lineup is Sizzling.

While bacon is definitely at the center of Camp Bacon, people from all over the country flock to our annual pork-centric event to hear from our amazing speakers! And this year, we’re presenting one of the best lineups of special guests. We have journalists, food artisans, chefs, filmmakers and more coming to share their wisdom, […]

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Camp Bacon, Camp Bacon, Zingerman's Events

Camp Bacon Events Are Selling Out! Get Your Tickets Today.

Camp Bacon, a true pork lover’s paradise and fundraiser for Southern Foodways Alliance and Washtenaw County 4-H, is almost here! And it’s going to sizzle. Some events have already sold out, but you can still grab your tickets for our Camp Bacon Food Film Fest, Main Event and Bakin’ with Bacon. We’d also have some […]

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