Birthday Recap

I had a great birthday. Thanks for asking. Apart from the whole getting older thing, it was really fun. You know how when you become an adult your birthday feels like just another day? That was not the case for me on Monday thanks to all my friends who...

Posted  10/22/2008 6:22:00 PM  by  Heidi at Betty Crocker

Tags:  birthday, bacon, Orange Chocolate Chunk Cake

Bacon Birthday

Monday is my birthday and Andi, being the kind (and crazy) coworker that she is, orchestrated a surprise party for me yesterday. There was brown butter pound cake with brown butter frosting, gifts and—this is the clincher—two kinds of bacon...

Posted  10/17/2008 10:49:00 AM  by  Heidi at Betty Crocker

Tags:  bacon, ice cream

Talk of the Town

On Friday night I had dinner with my friend Amy. We went to the Town Talk Diner in Minneapolis . It was a beautiful day so we grabbed a table outside. I ordered a glass of Pinot Grigio and she got the diner's twist on a Manhattan. It was made with bacon...

Posted  8/4/2008 9:55:00 AM  by  Heidi at Betty Crocker

Tags:  bacon, French fries, garlic, Town Talk Diner

Food for Thought

My thoughts are all over the place today so here are several snippets with no real theme: Last night I was at Salut with my friend Michelle to celebrate her birthday. She ordered a Cosmo and it was served with dry ice in the bottom of the glass so it...

Posted  7/16/2008 9:57:00 AM  by  Heidi at Betty Crocker

Tags:  bacon, Triple Rock Social Club, Fresh Mozzarella in Tomato cups, Cosmopolitan

Heaven on Earth

I hit the town with AC and Luke on Thursday night. After a failed attempt to see a Journey cover band out in the ’burbs, we drove to Minneapolis to Triple Rock Social Club where I enjoyed some of the greatest mac and cheese of my life. Maybe it was the...

Posted  6/23/2008 4:13:00 PM  by  Heidi at Betty Crocker

Tags:  bacon, mac and cheese, Triple Rock Social Club

Bacon Lovers Unite!

Apparently I am not the only one out there with an extreme love of bacon. A colleague recently forwarded me this article from the Dallas Morning News that features a recipe for bacon cookies, and another coworker brought a little bag of Bacon Brittle...

Posted  4/30/2008 2:19:00 PM  by  Heidi at Betty Crocker

Tags:  bacon, dessert

Bacon!

As you know, I like bacon . A lot. About a month back Daily Candy enlightened me about this website . With a mission statement “Everything should taste like bacon,” these guys are my kind of peeps....

Posted  2/13/2008 4:01:00 PM  by  Heidi at Betty Crocker

Tags:  bacon

I Can Bring Home the Bacon

I’m so psyched. I just found my Halloween costume for next year. Should I be so honored with an invite to a costume party, I think I will have to go as bacon. Yes, you heard me: bacon . I couldn’t agree more with the post that accompanies the photo. I...

Posted  11/2/2007 11:25:00 AM  by  Heidi at Betty Crocker

Tags:  halloween, costume, bacon