“Bacon is the perfect starting point to understanding how the curing process works,” said Joe Saenz, who opened his Swine House Bodega restaurant in downtown San Antonio in 2019.

Home-cured bacon? Sounds like one of those things the average person wouldn't in a million years attempt. But what if we told you it's so easy a child could do it? And what if we also said the ...

Once you have the ingredients, curing bacon at home is a snap. It takes about ten minutes to prepare the meat, a week to cure, a little cook time, and fresh homemade bacon is ready to devour.

Home-cured bacon can be smoked, but it doesn’t have to be, he said: “Both still have that same bacony flavor.” He noted that pancetta, Italian-style bacon, is dry-cured and then air-dried ...

Learn how to cure and store cook your own fresh homemade bacon like a professional.

It's said that more than any other scent, the smell of frying bacon brings vegetarians back into the folds of the carnivorous.

HOME-CURED BACON Pink salt, also known as curing salt No. 1, is a nitrate, a combination of sodium chloride — table salt — and nitrite, a preserving agent used to deter the growth of bacteria ...

The following recipe will give you the confidence to make bacon in the comfort of your home. All the senses get involved in the weeklong process of curing a gorgeous slab of pork belly and ...

Making your own bacon at home is easier than you might think, and the results are far superior to anything you can buy at the store. With just a few simple ingredients, a bit of patience, and the ...

Michelle Stevens’ love affair with bacon started when she was a child, gawking at vast uncut slabs of smoked pork through the butcher case glass while shopping at the Broadway ...

Purifoy will walk students through each step in the bacon-making process. A pork belly 101 lesson includes advice on sourcing the best-quality meat and a discussion on food safety.