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Bacon Fest 101
Erica Liabo, 24, poses with a whole lotta bacon. (Credit: Eric Rowley/Metromix)

Feast on our in-depth investigative report on the second Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival, Des Moines' quirkiest annual event this side of the Iowa State Fair.

The birth of a Bacon Fest

The birth of a Bacon Fest

The real story behind Saturday's Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival

Prepare for a bacon-eating contest

Prepare for a bacon-eating contest

Last year's champ shares his bacon-binge tips

Documenting Baconfest

Documenting Baconfest

Meet Mr. Baconpants

Bacon: My first, my last, my everything

Bacon: My first, my last, my everything

Joe's midnight confession to his favorite pork product

Everything tastes better with bacon

Everything tastes better with bacon

Tater tots, scallops, cannolis? It's all good

Odes to bacon

Odes to bacon

Apparently, we’re not the only ones who love bacon

Creative uses for bacon

Creative uses for bacon

We've picked our winners. Bring on the bacon.

Bacon Fest Contest: Best Use of Bacon in a Photo

Bacon Fest Contest: Best Use of Bacon in a Photo

Find out which readers won four tickets to Bacon Fest

Second annual Baconfest

Second annual Baconfest

Watch all the bacon action from the second annal Baconfest

Q&A: Kevin Bacon

Q&A: Kevin Bacon

The star of "Taking Chance" and "Frost/Nixon" talks war, NASA and the art of 'pretending'

What other people are saying...

No-pic-dude

JewishKitty from Here - February 25, 2009 at 5:46 PM

Wow. So what are the Jews supposed to do?

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