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The saltiness and sweetness of bacon has been enhancing the flavours of dishes for centuries.  Eliot looks at why white fish tastes amazing when wrapped in a "bacony jacket" and gives some top tips on the best bacon to select for this role.

Bacon lovers of the world unite for Saturday 1st September 2012 is International Bacon Day!  What, you never knew there was a day to celebrate what Matthew Fort calls "one of the finest foods in any form on the face of the earth".  Each year on the first Saturday of September, people celebrate the wonders of bacon.  In this post we look at this cured meat & some of the more unusual ways of consuming it.

Pig farmers are urging shoppers to buy British bacon & bangers as rises in pig food prices are forcing them out of business. They're asking us to look out for the Red Tractor logo and buy more British sausages and bacon. Find out what you can do to save the Great British Bacon Butty

You've probably seen a number of pictures in newspapers of those who've found the faces of famous people in a slice of toast or a carrot that looks like a foot. But have you ever seen a rock that looks remarkably like a slice of bacon?   

We've heard of some strange traditions around food at Great British Chefs, but this was one of the strangest we've discovered.  Married couples can get a free side of bacon, just by proving they've been happily married for a year and a day.  This tradition only happens once in every four years, so read on to find out if you qualify 

Fancy bacon and eggs with a twist? For the last day of Bacon Connoisseurs Week, Great British Chefs, Head of Social Media found a lovely recipe on Domestic Sluttery for some Breakfast Cups.  They were surprsingly easy to make .....

Chocolate and bacon? Surely two ingredients that should never be seen together in one place.  Or could this be a  match made in heaven? At Great British Chefs we were really excited to discover that chocolate bacon brownies existed.  Nigella Lawson had created an "unholy union" of bacon and chocolate in this recipe.  For Bacon Connoisseurs Week, we put Dolce Dini to the test of seeing whether it would actually work.  We're pleased to say they were delicious.

Eggs and bacon aren't just standard breakfast ingredients. Add potatoes and you have a versatile hash dish which makes a great brunch.   Great British Chefs blogger, Rosana McPhee from Hot & Chilli loved Adam Gray's Smoked Bacon Hash with fried duck egg, but decided to give it her own personal twist.  She shares her recipe here