Everything Tastes Better with Bacon is a book about cooking with bacon written by Sara Perry, a food commentator and columnist for The Oregonian. Her editor at Chronicle Books suggested bacon as a cookbook subject. Bacon's popularity and usage was increasing, but Perry believed that a paucity of recipes would make writing the book difficult. Recalling her fondness for honey-baked ham, she combined sugar and bacon to create dishes and realized that bacon could be used to add seasoning in flavoring dishes, including salads and pastas. The book includes recipes for bacon-flavored dishes and desserts. It was published in the United States in 2002 and in a French language edition in 2004 in Montreal. It received mainly positive reviews and its recipes were selected for inclusion in The Best American Recipes 2003–2004. The St. Petersburg Times classed it as among the "most interesting and unique cookbooks" published, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette highlighted it in the article "Favorite Cookbooks for 2002" and The Denver Post included it in a list of best cookbooks of 2002. A review in The Toronto Star criticized a lack of creativity in the choice of recipes.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1813:

Peninsular War: At the Battle of San Marcial, the Spanish Army of Galicia under Manuel Alberto Freire turned back Nicolas Soult's last major offensive against Arthur Wellesley's allied army. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Marcial

1888:

Mary Ann Nichols' body was found on the ground in front of a gated stable entrance in Buck's Row, London, allegedly the first victim of the unidentified serial killer known as Jack the Ripper (depiction pictured). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_the_Ripper

1945:

The Liberal Party of Australia, one of the two major Australian political parties, was founded to replace the United Australia Party. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia

1982:

Anti-government demonstrations were held in 66 Polish cities to commemorate the second anniversary of the Gdańsk Agreement, which allowed the Solidarity trade union to be established. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gda%C5%84sk_Agreement

1998:

North Korea claimed to have successfully launched Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1, its first satellite, although no objects were ever tracked in orbit from the launch. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwangmy%C5%8Fngs%C5%8Fng-1

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

kore: An Ancient Greek statue of a woman, portrayed standing, usually clothed, painted in bright colours and having an elaborate hairstyle. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kore

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

To stimulate life, leaving it free, however, to unfold itself, that is the first duty of the educator.   --Maria Montessori https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Maria_Montessori