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, 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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Camp Bacon, Food Artisans

Burgers’ Smokehouse, a Family Business Built on Country Hams: An Interview with Steven Burger

Based in Missouri, Burgers’ Smokehouse is a four-generations-deep family business that’s been specializing in pork since 1952 (that’s the official date, but the family’s patriarch E.M. Burger, a farmer, began selling hams on the side in the 1920s). You might have read about the company in Zingerman’s Guide to Better Bacon, where Ari professed a […]

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Camp Bacon, Food, Food Artisans, Food Tours

Get a Fresh Taste of Detroit with Zingerman’s Food Tours and Camp Bacon

Detroit’s food scene has been enjoying the national spotlight as of late, and for good reason: there’s so much going on. And we want to show you around! Camp Bacon is hitting the road with Zingerman’s Food Tours again on June 2 for a high-energy jaunt through Detroit’s markets, kitchens and breweries. Our food adventurers […]

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Camp Bacon, Education, Food

Yes, We Corn: Highlights from Southern Foodways Alliance’s 19th Symposium

It’s no secret that we have a lot of love for Southern Foodways Alliance. Our annual Camp Bacon event is, in part, a fundraiser for the organization, which “documents, studies, and explores the diverse food cultures of the changing American South,” and Ari has been attending their annual symposium for over decade. “I’m a huge […]

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