Boston has the most colleges and universities in the country. The home of MIT and Harvard to name only 2. They invented beans, and chowder.  Arguably, one might say this is totally the smartest city.  Which explains why 300 of their finest power genius mind lords  show up to the Armory for the Boston Bacon Takedown, just to fill their bellies with all-you-can-eat bacon recipes, until they were officially happysick!!

So, wow! Boston, right?  You guys finally did the thing that I’ve been dreaming of for years now, and you did it wicked good.  Bacon. Corn. Dogs.  I’m not lying, I’ve wanted to see bacon corn dogs since I started doing Bacon Takedowns in 2009, and now that dream is SO REAL!

Thanks to Boston cooks, who are the goodest people!  Thanks to The Armory, which, turns out, is way better than any Boston venue.  Great staff, awesome bar, and it’s in happy Somerville, not stinky downtown. And thanks to my sponosr Hormel Black Label Bacon– for making this, the 3rd leg of the Bacon Takedown tour so succesful…  what a rad ride!!!

AFTER THE JUMP all the recipes and the winners!!! Continue reading →

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July 15, 2012 2PM at Public Works in the Mission!

Pop quiz, hot shot:  What’s faster than a cherry red Lambourghini Countache Quartravore (this is not a trace I drew that, don’t doubt me ever)? The answer is that there is nothing.  Except maybe the SAN FRANCISCO BACON TAKEDOWN, THAT IS!

Just like last year, and the year before that, I’m bringing the Takedown back to SF.  Each team of local home cooks gets a whopping  15lbs of Hormel Black Label Bacon (sponsoring!) to blow our collective consciousness.  We’re all doofuses for bacon, but I’m looking for you to make something truly spectacular…  So bring your finest bacon recipe on over, and let’s all judge this year’s Takedown “CHAMPIGNON”!!! (that is a actual french word.)

The prizes are kind of totally worth it:  Analon, Le Creuset, Wusthof, Microplane- and even a YEAR’S SUPPLY of Hormel Black Label Bacon!!!

i used photoshop to create a look like there is an angry rumbling cloud of bacon that is actually rolling in to smother SF. I'm actually quite proud of how this looks. cool, right!!??

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SOLD OUT!!!!! No tickets available at door either! Stinkeroo!!!

Sorry, you’re missing out big time, but EMAIL ME to get on my mailing list!  This must never happen again.

Madness ensues…

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1 SPOT OPENED UP, IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO COMPETE!  I can give you 15lbs of bacon!!!  CONTACT ME!

What’s up, meatheads??!!!!  June 24 at The Armory in Somervile, at 2PM!!! Continue reading →

ALL SPOTS FILLED! (but EMAIL ME to get on my mailing list, for other equally amazing takedowns!!)

Can you even believe it!!!???  The biggest food event all year (May 19+20) has decided, in their utmost smartness, to make a Hot Sauce Takedown to happen!!!

5:15PM-6:45PM May 19 + 20 in the Restaurant 101 Area at Googamooga in Prospect Park!

As the benevolent ruler of the Takedown, I said sigh, okay I guess I will have to unleash 20 googleplex tonz of lovingly-locally-made hot sauces upon this land.  Let’s make it happen…!!!!!  Over the 2 days, there will be 20 Brooklyn local hot sauce sizzlers in attendance, and YOU will judge the hellishness of all of them!!!! VOTE to determine the coolest of the hotttt.  The endorphins floating around Googamooga would blow any roof off, so thank God and Hall and Oates that this is an outdoor takedown…!!!!

No Denver, it is NOT okay to bodyslam a person with 300lbs of bacon. You would have to be INSANE to think that is a normal thing.  But I guess your average Denverite doesn’t care about what’s done on the outside.  When you get in the Octagon, you lose a part of yourself, and all that is left is a raw animal urge… to party super hard. Continue reading →

Hey Denver!!!  Look who’s back!  This time with a BACON Takedown- the 2nd stop on the Bacon Tour Bus! Get ready to wonder at 20 local cooks, and how they interpret bacon in their winningest recipes!!!

April 22 2PM at Casselman’s

COOK CALL IS OVER! CONTESTANT LIST FULL! Email me to get on the mailing list to never miss a cook call again!!!! I can give any contestant a free 15lbs of sponsor Hormel Black Label Bacon – to make any dish your brain can thunk!  After the Denver Avocado Takedown last year, I realize now how tummy yumming you guys are at fooding, so this shouldn’t be a challenge…  still- there are SHOCKINGLY GOOD prizes at stake, from Anolon,  Le Creuset, Cuisinart, Microplane, and Wusthoff!!! Even a year’s supply of Hormel Black Label Bacon!!!  So take it serious!!!

And for those who just want to graze on all the illustrious bacon concoctions, it’s a mere $15!!!! Tickets HERE!!!!

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Care to try unlimited Avocado Recipes, Houston???

Oh phew!  Whelp, I have saved my pennies, and with the generous help of Avocados From Mexico, The Takedown is BACK in Houston TX, this time with an Avocado Takedown!!!! (Remember I pulled off a Houston Bacon Takedown last time? Wowzerz.) And because of my beautiful sponsor, I am able to provide an ENTIRE CRATE of AVOCADOS to any Houstonite who would like to participate in the crushing of heads and avocados that will ensue!!!  Make any dish you like!  Now, I know what some of you are thinking: a whole lot of guacamole!!! But I know a LOT of you are also thinking whoah, whoah whoah!  Just guacamole!??  Yeahright…  Avocado intellectuals KNOW that pretty much ANYTHING is possible with an avocado- and Avocado TDs in Los Angeles and Denver yielded spectacular concoctions!!!  just imagine what Houston gonna do!!!

Prizes are super brilliant- featuring cookware from Wusthof, Anolon, and Microplane… and more!

TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE if you’d like to come down and eat limitless varieties of avocado solutions made by local cooks!  ALL THE avocado recipes you can eat!  Vote on the bestest…  if you were thinking of brunching it that Sunday, I think this might be a better idea…

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