I have to admit, I had my doubts about an entire book dedicated to bacon – let alone talking for a half-hour about that salty meat. But I had fun! Heather Lauer is a delightful fountain of information.
Welcome to the Bacon Nation! Heather wrote Bacon A Love Story: A Salty Survey of Everybody’s Favorite Meat with buoyant enthusiasm. The idea began one night over cocktails several years ago with her brothers, but still held her interest in the light of day. Heather is a public affairs consultant by day, but she says she just loved blogging about bacon at night. Talk about bringing home the bacon — eventually she was approached with a book deal.
She’s grateful. She says there are much better writers out there, slaving away, hoping for that big break. Hers was right time, right place, right topic. Bacon is enjoying a culinary renaissance.
On Open Book with Diana Page Jordan, Heather expanded on the surprise development — from drinks to blogs to a book. She said the entertainment, information industry is flipped on its ear — before the Internet, the book would come out, and we’d all talk about the book. Now, the ideas come before the book. I’ll go one step further. The fact that she wrote out of joy, expecting nothing, about a topic she loved — magnetic!
For you carnivores, Heather has bacon profiled — from 4,000 BC in China to current cures that differ vastly. And I’ll let you in on a secret — while my literary tastes fall strongly in the thriller, metaphysical, how-to, eclectic camps — okay, I’ll read anything that’s well-written — there is one big reason why I interviewed Heather about her bacon book. PDX.FM is holding the 2009 Portland Baconfest this coming Saturday, October 3rd from 3-10pm at East Burnside and 18th ave, and this book is a total tie-in. At least it’ll get you prepped for all the fun!
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