Marie Rama's 'Bacon Nation' full of porky goodness

12:05 PM,
Jun. 19, 2013

'Bacon Nation' cookbook author Marie Rama at her home in Yonkers.

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The powerful aroma of sizzling bacon can draw even the most reluctant of early risers out of bed simply by wafting upstairs.

The power of that scent, along with the salty flavor and crackling texture that bacon adds to a dish, is what inspired Marie Rama of Yonkers and Peter Kaminsky of New York to write "Bacon Nation" (Workman, $14.95), a new cookbook "by bacon lovers, for bacon lovers."

Eager to overcome the stigmas associated with bacon recipes of old, Rama and Kaminsky collaborated to create 125 recipes that are a far cry from the overly caloric dishes that give bacon a bad name. ...