Perfect bacon. Simpler to achieve than you might imagine.

We are so fussy here at Rancho Ryan about our bacon that it borders on obsession. The local restaurant - where they do know us by name - know better than to bring flaccid, greasy bacon with our orders.

If you can bend it, we send it back.

Probably like a lot of other people, I’ve tried microwaving it on a paper towel covered plate, on a goofy plastic microwave bacon cooking thing, in a fry pan, on a grill. The only thing I haven’t tried is bacon on a stick over an open flame.

It’s hard to get it ‘just so’.

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Grilling Steak 101: tips and tricks

From Cooks Illustrated, this segment gives you some science behind the technique:

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Thrifty Christmas Gifting: Online cooks membership

Here’s a great gift idea for the cook or foodie in your gift giving circle that is bound to please, plus be very thrifty too: An online membership to the premier source for all things food and kitchen related, Cooks Illustrated. It’s a wonderful magazine, but the online membership gives you access to step-by-step technique videos and much more.

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