Finally, thanks to my friend Ginette who has a wonderful garden, today we see how to season and smoke the BACON, NOT the ITALIAN PANCETTA AFFUMICATA but the famous BRITISH or AMERICAN SMOKED BACON.

In my humble estimation, one of the few objects of sustenance possibly more pleasurable than a thirst-slaking beer is bacon. Cue angels singing and bright beams of light suddenly glowing down from the ...