What's All This About Bacon & Bad Habits?

Greetings and salutations fellow foodies and wannabe foodies. Welcome to Bacon and Other Bad Habits.

As we write this, drink in one hand, bacon in the other, we're wearing matching sweaters. Seriously. While our love of food and sense of fashion may be what unites us in friendship, our backgrounds and personalities are quite different. So, just who are these bacon-lovin' bourbon-drinkin' ladies that you are welcoming into your hearts and kitchens?

Leah has loved bacon ever since she was old enough to be able to gum on its salty porky goodness. At age 7 she declared she wanted to marry bacon and was sad to find out that little girls could not actually marry inanimate objects. She likes to say she was raised by drag queens (not true--though it would explain her love of glitter) but really comes from a long line of southern sass. Leah wielded her first cast iron skillet at age 10 when her great-granny started teaching her to cook. Granny always would ask, "Leeyah, are you puttin' enuf loooove in it? Put more loooove in it." And ever since, she cannot make anything to eat without hearing her Granny's southern drawl. She makes sure to put plenty of love in as she hacks her way through whatever she's making. Leah doesn't know the "proper" way to do anything. She believes rules were made to be broken--especially in the kitchen. She spent her teenage years living as a vegetarian and even now lives some days as a vegan (minus that whole bacon thing).

Kathryn was not raised by Drag Queens, although her Dad has been seen in a kilt a time or two. She is a good Catholic girl from Long Island, but "good" is a term with many meanings. (At age 16 she could out-shotgun any guy that handed her a beer). Growing up, she has fond memories of going to Great Grandmother's 3rd floor walk-up in Brooklyn with her Grandfather and mother--four Generations cooking together. Dinner was always at the same time, with the whole family, and her mother's creativity sparked Kathryn's interest in pursuing a culinary degree. As a classically trained chef, Kathryn has cooked for 2 to 10,000 people and everything in between. Her favorite people to cook for are her husband, Mr. F, and her very spoiled cat, Mr. S. For her, being in the kitchen is on par with with the same kind of awesome as being hugged by her mom. (Yeah we went there). She still goes to church on Sundays, but as far as the beer, well, a nice bottle of wine is a good substitute.

We are excited to embark upon this adventure with you. We welcome your feedback (but only if it's positive) (kidding) (maybe not) and promise to make it fun, keep it interesting, and above all else: be creative.

xoxo,