Candy, Bacon, Candied Bacon.

Your holiday guide to candied bacon:

Emeril's recipe for this treat recommends a lot of cayenne pepper, but suggests you serve it at brunch. I say serve it all the time, even as a snack. Food Network
This New York restaurant serves candied bacon with whipped cream for dipping, which sounds like the best drunk food of all time, and may surpass the current frontrunner, the sausage egg and cheese croissant. NYT

The do's and don'ts of at home bacon candy-ing, or "sticky pig candy stripes." Delicious Days

Brown-sugar glazed bacon from PBS, but be careful, it also includes serving sizes and nutritional information (both of which should not be allowed anywhere near bacon). PBS

Breakfast for... wait, we won't eat you.

This pig in England is afraid of walking around in the mud, due to having dirt-phobia. So, to help it out, the piggies farmers tried PUTTING IT IN WELLIES!Now he will walk in the dirt. In children's rubber boots. In England. Isn't it great when animals overcome adversity?

Bacon Gimlets, Anyone?

So, lately there's been a lot of talk about bacon vodka. Which sounds like a bad idea, combining two dangerous things into one super-dangerous thing. Also, do you really want to be making alcohol that needs the fat strained out of it?
But then on the other hand, it is bacon flavored vodka. Bacon vodka martini and bacon? Bacon vodka cream sauce and orecchiette with spring peas and prosciutto? Mmmm nom nom nom.

Breakfast Salad

Last night I had breakfast salad. Apparently, it is traditionally called "Salad Lyonnaise" (Lyonnaise is French for "Breakfast"). I am now devoting my life to perfecting this salad. Things you need to make it: poached egg, bacon, frisse, cold potatoes, dijon vinaigrette.

PS- I lied. Lyonnaise is French for "place in France that likes breakfast."