[Vosges'] newest bar combines deep milk chocolate with crunchy bacon. That’s right: every carnivore’s favorite breakfast meat mixed with chocolate. And guess what? It’s delicious.
via New York Magazine’s Best Bets Daily - Vosges Bacon Candy Bar
Get it for $7 per bar at vogseschocolate.com
from the Department of Just Not Right:
Something about the crazed eyes and the too-wide smile….I’d give this ‘pig pencil’ by massimo giacon a miss.
But if pig decor or olfactory animal sharpening is your thing, this plastic pig pencil sharpener is available at Unica Home.
Link: ‘pig Pencil’ By Massimo Giacon - Alessi - Massimo Giacon - Home Furnishings - Unica Home
The just-opened Cantina is bringing pan-Latin flavor back to a hood overrun with overpriced vintage shops and hair salons. Chef Jason Neroni (Porchetta, 71 Clinton Fresh Food) is cooking his Cuban great-grandmother’s recipes in a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it kitchen by the bar — chorizo empanadas, pork shoulder dulce de leche, and beef and pork meatballs with eggs and almonds.
via Daily Candy
In what animal welfare activists are hailing as a “historic advance,” Burger King Holdings Inc. said Tuesday it is sourcing pork and eggs from suppliers that do not confine their animals in crates and cages.
full story from the Organic Consumers Association
Welcome to Team Ham, for people who love pork. If you’re a true fan of pork, that “wonderful, magical animal,” then you’ve probably either enjoyed a whole roasted pig or dreamed of one. My first whole pig was roasted on a spit, but these days the La Caja China, or the Chinese Box, is a popular method. BS Brewery has a very detailed write-up of using La Caja China to roast a whole pig, and Meathenge has a write-up as well. If you’re ready to get yourself a box, they’re available directly from LaCajaChina.com.