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​It's almost a crime that there are no Jack in the Box restaurants in Florida. The whole creepy-child's-toy concept used to scare the living daylights out of me when I was a kid.

There were three fast-food restaurants in a row where I grew up in Brooklyn.  McDonald's, Burger King, and Jack in the Box. I remember going through the drive-through, talking into the creepy clown head to order onion rings.  The food was all the same, but the ick factor of the Jack was undeniable.

Year later, when I read Stephen King's novel It, about a murderous clown, I instantly thought about Jack in the Box.

Turns out, Jack is trying to kill you after all. He's just come out with a bacon-flavored shake.  The bacon shake is made with real vanilla ice cream, bacon-flavored syrup, whipped topping, and a maraschino cherry. Besides the bacon, it packs a punch with 773 calories and 40 grams of fat in every 16-ounce serving of frosty, creamy, bacony goodness. 

Our suggestion? Since there are no fast-food restaurants that serve this frosted, meaty treat, make your own. Then spike it -- with bacon vodka! Because if you're going to go to hell in a blender, you might as well go all the way! Here's how:
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Sonic Beach

Free breakfast burrito at Sonic Beach. That's a good way to start 2012.

​If you're tapped out after spending all your money on the big New Year's Eve blowout party (not to mention the dozen or so boxes of Alka-Seltzer that you bought and consumed New Year's Day), then head over to Sonic Beach in Fort Lauderdale for your free breakfast burrito.


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browneyedbaker

​This past weekend, we round up some links to help out home cooks with Thanksgiving menu planning and wine selection. Now we're reminding you of the simple solution: Just add bacon. Behold: some ideas for how to make any dish better -- from appetizers to sides to the big bird itself.

Bacon and dates
An easy go-to, bacon-wrapped dates stuffed with mascarpone or ricotta has become a home and restaurant staple. Check out these recipes for starters, but be sure your dates are delicious madjools and your bacon is plenty crisp before serving. Seems obvious, but I've had these plenty in restaurants where the bacon served is underdone.


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photo courtesy of Mark Woodbury, Woodbury and Associates.

Mark Woodbury smokes a Bacon Explosion at Culinary Concepts, the local Big Green Egg dealer in Pompano Beach.

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"Grill Girl" Robyn Lindars is a local grilling and BBQ fanatic and blogs about her adventures at grillgrrrl.com.

Those of us addicted to the art of barbecue -- a method of cooking meat low and slow for hours to achieve succulent, smoky results -- sometimes speak in a secret language that makes no sense to the outside world. Here's a breakdown of some insider jargon that will put you in the know.More >>

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Maple Bacon Sundae: We want more bacon!

​Gourmet Cheap food restaurant chain Denny's recently announced its Baconalia festival and menu. Labeled "a sacred festival of all things bacon," Denny's has gone all out with its bacon-inspired menu.

Featuring a bacon/maple ice cream sundae, bacon sampler, and bacon meat loaf, the pig-pushers at Denny's thought they had bacon in the bag.

I mean, what else could you make? A bacon bowl? Bacon with a side of bacon and extra bacon? Bacon balls? YES, YES, and YES!

Watch this Denny's parody to find out just how extreme bacon can be -- Denny's, are you listening?

 

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​There are few things more genuinely satisfying than bacon. Different shapes, sizes, tastes, and preparations make bacon one of the most versatile, fattiest foods we can consume. We can even eat it broken into pieces and garnished on top of ice cream.

The new Maple Bacon Sundae at Denny's, a classic ice cream sundae topped with maple syrup and bacon in the form of sprinkles, is just one of seven new menu items the restaurant is adding to celebrate "Baconalia," a holiday for, well, bacon. Another way Denny's is celebrating is sending one bacon lover and a buddy to the sold-out Baconfest in Chicago on April 9. More >>

​Everyone is South Florida knows things are all bassackwards here. 

Take our growing season, for example. When the rest of the country is still digging out of snowdrifts and lucky to harvest weeds, we're raking in corn and strawberries and citrus and, best of all, tomatoes. Tomatoes with real flavor, not those tasteless, mealy imitations that give agriculture a bad name. 

So to celebrate the Florida tomato season, the Ocean Bistro of the way-posh Four Seasons Palm Beach is putting together two of the best things you can put in your mouth -- tomatoes, of course, and bacon -- in a DIY menu to compose one of the best sandwiches you can ever eat. That is, of course, the BLT. 

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Bacon-Infused Spicy Vodka Bloody Mary

​Mmm, bacon. The salty, smoky meat can make anything better... even our favorite cocktails.

A technique called Fat-Washing can be used to infuse the flavor of any fatty meat (such as bacon) into liquor. It's become popular in restaurants to infuse the fat of bacon especially into liquors such as bourbon and vodka.

Learn how to infuse liquor at home and make a doggone good bloody mary!

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