Making bacon is pretty easy, actually. It just takes time, one special ingredient, and one special piece of equipment. But if you have a week, pink salt (sodium nitrite), and a smoker—then BACON. BACON ALL DAY AND NIGHT!

Making bacon is pretty easy, actually. It just takes time, one special ingredient, and one special piece of equipment. But if you have a week, pink salt (sodium nitrite), and a smoker—then BACON. BACON ALL DAY AND NIGHT!
This recipe for pistachio, white chocolate, and ginger cookies came about when my friend Julie came over and cooked dinner with me. I was sort of lost with dessert, but did have a bag of white chocolate, extra ginger and extra roasted pistachios that I had been eating as a snack.
This soup is meant to be spooned over warm-not-hot white rice and belongs to a class of Vietnamese soups called “canh.” Canh tend to be clear broths flavored with veggies and/or greens and a little bit of meat — or sometimes no meat at all …