The Takedown

Flavorwire loves the TD. Not Eating Out in NY approves! Blondie and Brownie felt pretty super about it!  YES there was a crazy long line. But for every grumpy dude there were 30 happy customers- and everyone ate their fill!!! Miraculous! I have taken the advice of some of the more savvy attendees- adn the next takedown will be more streamlined than ever- as I work to keep people fed and happy and cool and breezy!!! The Takedown loves you guys so bad it hurts!!

PS the comments are turned off- I had a problem with spam that I don’t want to return- but as always you can contact me and I will respond!

picture by Blondie and Brownie

Finally the site is back up! THANK YOU to all the brilliant cooks who worked and worked and made brilliant bacon explosions happen at each bacon station! I love you guys! THANK YOU to Radegast Beer Hall !!!!And thanks to the MOTHERLOAD of bacon fans who showed up, sold the place out inside of a second,  and then waited patiently, drunkenly in line to try 30 wicked awesome bacon recipes!!!

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CHECK OUT PICS AT TIME OUT NY!!

I inadvertantly planted my maker hooks onto the largest sandworm on Arakis. (Dune analogy? Bad idea?) Who knew Bacon would bring out so many bloodthirsty wolves? My brain is still a little fried from the Bacon Takedown, which went exceedingly well this Sunday. Just as the crowds, 300 deep, were getting grumpy and restless, they all managed to eat 30 different bacon recipes and nobody threw a hissy and no fights broke out and no one died.  Instead, we all threw down the greatest bacon party the world may ever know. YES!

pic by Anjuli Ayers

People’s Choice

#1 Mike O’Neil with his Bacon Ice Cream

#2+#3 TIE Theo Peck’s deep fried dumplings AND Nick Suarez’ Sloppy joe

(other places TBA tonight, my list is at home, and I’m at work)

Judged Awards

#1 Jonathon Proville for his “Electric” cured bacon

#2 Kumquat Bakery’s Bacon Cupcakes

#3 Olin Moran’s Tomato Bacon Soup

So I’m a little late to this particular hate fest, but during an interview with the Post, the reporter allerted me to an article in Slate (I won’t even deign to link to it) that ponders whether bacon has “jumped the shark”!

The answer is no.

But what reporter in what soiled swivel chair in what airless 1000th-floor office dreamed up this particular piece of hate speech? Hey, let’s destroy something beautiful and precious and wonderful like bacon! What a scoop! I can understand hating on skinny jeans and faux-hawks and sunglasses at night, but bacon? The fact that bacon is getting a little bit more love than usual in this day in age is a GOOD THING! Bacon is hip right now? I love 2009! I think we are finally witnessing the limits of media power, when they try and fail to knock bacon of its pedestal. Hating on bacon is kind of like telling a child there is no Santa Clause, when of course there is a Santa Clause.

Oh and here’ s a picture of me dressed up to look like said jolly old elf. I once worked in an office, and the higher ups made me be Santa Clause for their kids. I ho ho-ed and gave them each an Ipod (I know). Actually I got a bottle of Black Label for my troubles. So I really shouldn’t be that mad.

I want you guys to A: know I’m alive and scheming, waiting for March 29th.

B: I am way in love with a brand of brillo hot sauce from Philly: namely J.D. Paternoster’s Figgin Hot Dippin’ and Grillin’ Sauce. Truly a fiber blast from the very gates of hell. I met this dude when the Takedown came down to the Botanical Gardens annual Chile Fiesta! He was in the booth right next to ours. Anywho, I got a bottle of this figgy hot sauce and I just ran out, so I’m super bummed.  I better see him, and all of you, at the next Chile Fiesta, because for one day, that is the center of the chile universe, and the Takedown is a part of it. Stay tuned…

The poster is here – beautifully crafted by artist and genius Matt Langland. View his past posters on the Art Gallery on this site!

Tremble, minions. I can’t wait to see you guys hustle down to Radegast and for a mere $10, assault the 30 trays of bacon concoctions we have in store for you…

The event is temporarily capped at 30 contestants- we’ll see if anybody flakes- I do have a waitlist going.  Add your name to my mailing list so you cooks will never again be left out in the cold!!!

On March 7-8th, (International Women’s Day) in New York, Women Restaurants Owners Support a Remarkable Nonprofit’s Scholarship Fund

(New York, NY) — On March 7-8, (Saturday and Sunday) New York women-owned restaurants and women chefs will celebrate International Women’s Day, (Sunday March 8th), by recognizing a remarkable non-profit organization, the Women’s Education Project (WEP). On these two days, owners and chefs encourage patrons to dine at these restaurants, where they may learn about WEP and make a contribution to its scholarship fund at the end of the meal (a donation slip will be added to the check presenter).

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While we wait for the BACON TAKEDOWN, I want to show you guys something… something very special. It’s my new MATTTIMMS.COM !!!

SAME DUDE, SAME WICKED AWESOME WEBSITE- NEW LOOK!!!! If you ever for a second thought you knew Matt Timms- and I doubt you could ever know someone so complex- here is a chance to see, learn, feel more about this wonderful individual. Witness his talent. Slobber on his fab pictures. Contact him at your leisure.  Interestingly, ex-girlfriends have oft described him as “selfish” and “self-centered”. Really? Would a “selfish” man be so free and generous with these exclusive pictures of himself? Sensational clips of him in commercials and film? Seriously.  Decide for yourself at matttimms.com !!!! Matt Timms, the producer of the Chili Takedown,  will always be there for you!

Email Matt Timms to get on the waiting list! Of the 30 people who emailed me right away to compete, there will certainly be some flakes! Thanks for everyone who entered – this will be a bacon madhouse…

At this point- we are capping the competitors list- but email me to get ont eh waiting list, should anyone drop out!

It has come to pass. The Brooklyn Bacon Takedown is happening Sunday March 29 at 5PM.  At Radegast Hall & Beer Garden in Williamsburg – 113 N 3rd St.  off the Bedford Ave L Stop.  It will be super amazing. We are looking for bacon-based recipes. Yes, BACON RECIPES. COMPETING HEAD-TO-HEAD. Bacon could be the main ingredient. Or there could be a hint of bacon. The main thing is, it must be totally delicious. A bacon chili. A bacon pasta. A bacon cobbler, perhaps. Or something none of us could ever have anticipated. Just make sure you make enough for the deluge of fans who will undoubtedly arrive to judge you.

Your recipes will compete, head to head. The throngs will come on down, and taste your creations, and vote on the winner. Like Patton or Henry V before the battle-  I tremble, thinking of the carnage to be.  YOU MUST EMAIL ME TO ENTER!

by Mollye Chudacoff

I told you there’d be pictures!!! Mollye Chudacoff blasted off some shots for a Village Voice online slideshow. Here’s all the BCT 09 pics you’ll ever need!

and check out the post-Takedown reportage: Not Eating Out NYC, Timeout NY, FREE Williamsburg, Blondie and Brownie, The Feedbag and Serious Eats !!