 Picture of bacon frying in a pan | |
| Author | James Villas |
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| Illustrator | Andrea Grablewski |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Bacon |
| Publisher | Wiley |
Publication date | 2007 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Hardback |
| Pages | 288 |
| ISBN | 0-470-04282-6 |
| OCLC | 84838803 |
| Preceded by | The Glory of Southern Cooking |
| Followed by | Pig: King of the Southern Table |
The Bacon Cookbook: More than 150 Recipes from Around the World for Everyone's Favorite Food is a cookbook on bacon by James Villas. It was published by Wiley in 2007. Villas is a former food editor for Town & Country magazine, and The Bacon Cookbook is his 15th book on food. He notes on the book's jacket that he was "beguiled by bacon since he was a boy."[1] He describes the appeal of bacon in the book's preface, and in the introduction recounts the history of the product, as well as its variations from different locations internationally. Chapters are structured by type of recipe and food course, and in total the book includes 168 recipes.
The book received generally positive reception in book reviews and media sources, receiving praise in Publishers Weekly and Library Journal. In 2009 the National Pork Board highlighted recipes from the book for International Bacon Day. Chef Bobby Flay highlighted one recipe from The Bacon Cookbook, for "Bacon-Wrapped Figs Stuffed With Almonds In Port", as one of his favorites.[2] AM New York, The Baltimore Sun, and the Star Tribune, recommended the book in articles on suggested gift-giving ideas. The Independent highlighted the book as number 11 on a list of "The 50 Best Cookbooks".