Zingerman's Delicatessan is a hometown favorite of mine, where I spent bygone university days eating sour cream coffee cake, pecan pie and barbecue chicken sandwiches. My beau was known to ride me on his handlebars over to Detroit Street minutes before closing to get a chocolate and coffee study fix. On study dates I was often found dashing to the counter at the sight of fresh rugelach samples.
Alas, Ann Arbor is a memory. With as many amazing stores as New York has, none quite measure up to Z's. Luckily, they deliver.
Besides a stellar mail order company, Zingerman's proprietor Ari Weinzweig also tells a darn good story. This time, he's tackled bacon with
Zingerman's Guide to Better Bacon. Even with America's overwrought bacon frenzy, Ari has produced a work of genuine pigletry, salty and smart as ever.
Here's the latest Tasting Table I fried up:
Bacon 101Reading through, you're bound to encounter a rumbling belly, but fortunately, Zingerman's has the answer:
mail bacon.