"The Home Chef: Transforming the American Kitchen" was your overview of the basic concepts and tips for taking your cooking to the next level, but let's face it, you can only fit so much information into one book. Each Home Chef Guidebook delves more deeply into the professional quality recipes and techniques of specific cooking styles and cuisines. This one is all about BACON. Bacon is the candy-apple red hotrod of the food world. We want it, but we also fear it a little, which makes us want it even more... Each year in the U.S. more than 1.7 billion lbs. of bacon are consumed - equivalent to the weight of 8 1/2 Nimitz class aircraft carriers. 65% of Americans would support bacon as their "national food" and more than half of us claim that we would rather have bacon than sex. Bacon is kinda a big deal. Let's learn about bacon, the types of bacon out there, the best techniques for cooking it, and the most delicious recipes available for God's most perfect meat. Welcome, Home Chefs! Chef Perry www.chefperryperkins.com The Home Chef: Transforming the American Kitchen The Home Chef's Guide to Frugal Fine Cooking Bacon! A Home Chef's Guide