I use bacon at every meal because it can add so much flavor to everything I eat, and today Bacon has evolved way past food.  You can find bacon just about anywhere, and it can serve any function.  I’ve seen bacon mouse pads, bacon flash drives, bacon wallets, bacon tooth pics, bacon salt, bacon bras, bacon clothing, and the list could go on.  With all these bacon related products it’s no doubt that bacon makes most stuff better, but can it make everything in my life better? 

After doing some research I can say with confidence, “Hell yes it does!”  I can count on one hand how many times that I worn a tie the last 8 years.  There is just something about it that I don’t like, but then Mr. Bacon made this experience better.  That’s right I have just discovered “The Bacon Tie.”  If I had known this sweet meat could hang around my neck I would sport the tie a whole lot more.  If there is something in your life you don’t like I would suggest you just try it with some bacon and see what happens.  If you would like to buy a bacon tie you can do that here.  After seeing this I am 100% confident that bacon does make everything better!

Popular Plates magazine  just released the new version of their “Comfort Food” Edition and to nobody’s surprise at all, the good folks over at Bacon Freak were proudly spotlighted for a scrumptiously sizzling and deliriously delicious feature of Gourmet Chef, Rick Bayless’s “Bacon Avocado Mango Salad” in their popular, pork powered “Bacon Freak Cookbook!”

This is awesome news, as we’re talking about a compact and complete, collaborative culinary collection of the most comforting cuisine concoctions available on this fair and fine planet, everything from some of the most elegant and sophisticated fare, to those menu items that are a lot more down home and down to Earth.

If it’s a food that brings solace to the soul and comforts our consciousness while soothing our stomachs, then it’s likely to be included in this epicurean encyclopedia of excellence!

Chef Rick, a true and dedicated “Baconista” in every possible sense of the word, has long been know for wearing his famous Bacon Freak, “Bacon Is Meat Candy” T-shirt on TV and during other public appearances.

So it was only a matter of time that they would officially “link” (pun intended) arms and work together and the “Bacon Freak Cookbook” was the “pork perfect” place to do so.

Now Popular Plates magazine is honoring that awesome association, by giving both Chef Bayless and BaconFreak.com their props for supplying what they present has some of the best “Comfort Food” brought to the fore over the past year.

If that’s not good news enough, Bacon Freak has just announced plans to release its 2^nd bacon oriented book, which is currently still under wraps as a work in progress, but is scheduled to be released soon, so we’ll keep our ears to the ground and listen for a farm friendly, barnyard stampede when that baby gets released as well.

The magazine went on sale at newsstands on the 5^th of October and can be found in all the major food, grocery and magazine chains, from Whole Foods, Barnes and Noble and Borders to Costco, Walmart, Home Depot and Lowes.

Meanwhile, if you want to see what all the ‘hubbub’s” about with your own eyes, from the comfort and convenience of your very own computer or electronic reader, check it out for yourself right here.

Just in time to get all of your Holiday Shopping done early, easily and exceptionally effectively, Bacon Freak helps you to find those perfect, memory making gifts for the Bacon Lovers in your life.

Now, as “Early Bird” Holiday Shopping officially kicks into gear, Bacon Freak proudly presents their “Shop By Design” line, rolling out more than 30 of the most impressive and awesome bacon oriented designs for their entire collection of Men’s T-Shirts, Tank Tops, Long Sleeve Shirts, Hooded Sweatshirts, Women’s Classic Fit Shirts, Baby-doll Shirts, Tank Tops and Teasing T shirts, as well as Kid’s T-Shirts, Hats and even Cooking / BBQ Aprons.

These are well made, quality printed, delightfully attractive, playfully fun, premium and accessories that proudly display some of the most fashionably fun and “porktastically” popular logos and clever mottos proudly sworn and worn my true Bacon Freaks!

Here’s just a small sampling of the amazingly popular Bacon Shirts that Bacon Freak is making available to those wise, “Early bird gets the deal,” Holiday Shoppers:

Santa’s Hog Heaven Helper / Bacon is Like a Little Hug from God / Bacon Freak / Swine is Fine / P.E.T.A. – People Eat Tasty Animals /Vote for Bacon / You Had Me at Bacon / I Am A Meatatarian / Bacon: The Gateway Meat / I Heart Bacon / I Pledge Allegiance To Bacon / I Survived Swine Flu / MMM… Bacon / 2 Of My Favorite Things – Swine & Wine / I Am A Chick Who Likes Bacon / I Love The Smell Of Bacon In The Morning Take A Bite Outta This / Bacon Is Sexy / Bacon… I Love You / Do You Smell Bacon? / Bacon Is Meat Candy / Eat More Bacon / Smells Like Bacon (Pig Cop) / Bacon Today /Bacon Is A Vegetable / Bacon is Greater than Life /Body Built By Bacon / Mexican Bacon / Smoked Bacon / and Swine & Wine.

Trust me, you definitely need to feast on these awesome new designs with your very own set of eyes … and believe me, once you do … the eyes / ayes … will most certainly be sure have it!”

Quick, simple, inexpensive “memory making” holiday gifts that are freakishly fun and fashionable fantastic, a gift that absolutely EVERY Bacon Lover is sure to be eternally grateful for.

You need to check out this  for yourself, as you simply can’t go wrong with these cleverly crafted creations, complete with humorous “pig-tures” and “suey sayings” certain to put a smile on every “Baconista” you know, all coming in a wide variety of popular designs, colors and sizes.

It’s like making the gift yourself … but without any of the unnecessary effort and mess.

In our continual effort to always keep our readers at the very cutting edge and vanguard forefront of the gourmet bacon world, we here at Bacon Today like to sit down and get the latest and greatest news directly from the horse’s … or should we say … pig’s mouth!

Today … Bacon Today is extremely excited to be chatting with Mr. Nicodemus Green who is the brains and designer behind that totally awesome and increasingly popular “Bacon Is Like A Little Hug From God” graphic that is taking the entire bacon world by storm lately.

BT: Nicodemus, welcome Sir. Thank you for agreeing to take a little time out of your very busy schedule to have a chat with us about the design that is being proudly worn on the chests of more and more “Baconistas,” male and female, all across the country.

NG: Thanks, it’s a pleasure to get to talk to you and all of your fabulous readers today. I love Bacon Today!

BT: So where do you originally hail from and where are you currently located now?

NG: I was born in southeast Michigan, and raised in the small town of Defiance, Ohio. I spent most of my adult life in Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Austin, Texas. I currently live in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It’s a very cool, laid back little city with a great food and art scene.

BT: OK, so the Bacon World wants to know … are you a true, legitimate “Bacon Freak” or was it purely a business decision to step up and fill a void amidst the current rising tide of “Baco-Mania?”

NG: Honestly? A little bit of both. I’m a total “foodie,” I love bacon, and I love art and graphic design, so it just felt natural to me to bring those things together in some way. I just wasn’t really sure how receptive people would be to my design.

BT: That makes perfect sense! So how in the world did your life journey end up placing you in the position of suddenly designing one of the most popular “bacon oriented” t-shirt designs out there?

NG: Ha! Is that true? I hadn’t realized it’s one of the most popular “bacon oriented” t-shirt designs, but thanks for kudos!

The design wasn’t something that I ever planned on showing anybody. During my time in Austin, I discovered my love of all things “Day of the Dead,” so I knew I wanted to incorporate that imagery into the design.

I was a bit bored one cold, dark January afternoon in Michigan, and I just sat down with my laptop … and about 4 hours later, I had the design pretty much finished. I’m not sure where it came from really, it just sort of evolved on its own.

BT: That’s so cool! Alright, you mentioned earlier that there’s an interesting story about how your previous gig at Trader Joe’s ended up playing a positive role in your coming up for the idea for the t-shirt motto?

NG: Actually, the phrase “Bacon is like a little hug from God” was born one morning while I was “scarfing down” some bacon during a morning shift at Trader Joe’s back when I used to work there.

Sunday morning shifts typically start at 4am in order to receive shipments, stock, and clean the store before opening at 9am. Usually, as a reward for loyally showing up early, management would cook us an elaborate breakfast with items from the store and often that included BACON!

I remember sitting on the floor of the store eating bacon with my coworkers and we were all mesmerized by how delicious the bacon was … and the phrase just kind of popped into my head for no apparent reason. It was so catchy and funny; I just knew I had to get it out there somehow.

This was during the whole “bacon craze” of late 2008 and I thought the “foodie” world would be receptive to some kind of artwork featuring that phrase. So I played around with several designs until I finalized the design now on Bacon Freak.

BT: Awesome. OK …I did a little investigating around and discovered that this design of yours is not just loved and adored by the “Bacon World” at large, but actually has quite the following on the contemporary art scene as well. What can you tell us about that very interesting “cross over” success?

NG: It started when I emailed Grace Bonney of “Design Sponge,” which is a very popular design blog that I read everyday, hoping she would feature the print version of the design. She did, and it was a hit.

As an entirely self-taught graphic designer, I was so flattered that such design-minded folks, not to mention professional designers and food people, actually got the joke and liked my work. One thing led to another and now here we are today, talking about it over a couple of glasses of iced lemon water.

BT: Wow … that is so cool! Alright, I would be absolutely amiss if I allowed this session to come to an end without finding out “WHAT’S NEXT” for Nicodemus Green – Bacon Celebrity?

NG: Ah, great question! Well, due to the huge number of requests I’ve received over the last year, I’ve just started researching things like organic fabric tea towels, and letter pressed greeting cards featuring the design.

I even had a gentleman from Australia request laptop decals! BTW, I do have the design available on cotton canvas shopping bags through Cafe Press I would LOVE to work with a larger company designing kitchen-ware, wallpaper and fabrics featuring my designs.

BT: That’s absolutely excellent Nicodemus! Well, the very best of success in your future endeavors and thank you so very much for taking the time to sit and discuss one of the most prominent and popular bacon stories of the current decade, the “Bacon Is Like A Little Hug From God” T-shirt. Thank you Sir!

NG: My pleasure. It’s been a lot of fun!

These high-quality, silk-screened bacon shirts come in sizes small through 3x and start at only $12.95.

Buy your Bacon Today shirt and show the world that you support daily bacon news on the web.

BUT WAIT – THERE’S MORE!

BaconFreak.com not only made shirts, but a wide variety of Bacon Today gear for you to buy and wear with bacon pride.

Enter Bacon Shoes, now available at Zazzle.com (and perhaps elsewhere?)

It’s just a simple Women’s Champion Slip On, but it looks like bacon. Do you think we could build up enough of a following to have these shoes instituted as the new pinnacle of dress attire?

– Mike

(Thanks, Amy A!)

Or, as in this case, bacon can be both a stylish gown and a work of art.

– Mr. B

Now available from Bacon Today are a variety of bacon-themed shirts, hats, and other gear you can buy for yourself and your loved ones.

We’ve got Turbaconducken cooking aprons, I Love Bacon polos, and even “Strip” undies! More designs are being added all the time, so keep coming back to the Bacon Clothing Store to look for new products.