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Cook the Book: 'Pig: King of the Southern Table'

Pig: King of the Southern Table is a snout-to-trotter guide through the South, with recipes that utilize every part of the pig imaginable. Villas incorporates pork into all meals, and that's precisely what we're going to be doing this week. Look forward to a Great Smoky Bacon, Country Ham, and Sauerkraut Pie that will put all other quiches to shame, a loaf of Bacon Pimento Cheese Bread perfect for BLTs, and Candied Pecan Bacon which just might be the best cocktail hour snack ever. Enter to win a copy here.

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505 Comments | Posted by Caroline Russock, May 17, 2010 at 12:30 PM
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Meet & Eat: James Villas

In preparation of a week of all things porcine we sat down with James Villas author of Pig: King of the Southern Table to chat about the book, the pig, and some of Villas' most memorable pork eating experiences.

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1 Comment | Posted by Caroline Russock, May 17, 2010 at 9:30 AM
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Cook the Book: 'The Bacon Cookbook'

This week's Cook the Book has a title that almost guarantees it success with a certain large and very vocal subsection of the population: The Bacon Cookbook. See? You're already interested. It's by James Villas and features 150 recipes inspired by bacon dishes from around the world. We've picked our five favorites from the book and will be featuring them all these week. Win This Book Monday's recipe will be up in a bit, but first we'd like to give you a chance to win one of five (5) copies of this cookbook. All you have to do is tell us: What is your favorite bacon dish? Winners will be chosen at random from among the commenters here. Comments will...

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313 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, December 10, 2007 at 2:15 PM
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