About Me

Hi. My name is Heather Lauer. And I believe that bacon is the Best Meat Ever.

At the time I started publishing Bacon Unwrapped, I was living in Washington, DC working at a prominent public affairs consulting firm, but I was looking for a creative outlet outside of my professional life. My love poem to bacon is an idea that was conceived over cocktails with my brothers. After countless vodka tonics, we came to the conclusion that 1) everyone loves bacon and 2) there aren't nearly enough websites dedicated to the topic of bacon.

A few months later I was reflecting on that conversation with my brothers, and I started to think about how much fun it would be to undertake some sort of project to become a 'bacon connoisseur.' So one fine day in June 2005, I booted up my computer and created an account on Blogger. And thus began my love affair with bacon that is this blog.

My adventures with Bacon Unwrapped have led to me consuming a really impressive amount of bacon over the last couple years (and probably more than is recommended by the USDA or any respectable cardiologist). Now my friends and family automatically think of me every time they eat bacon, and there's nothing weirder than receiving an email or call from someone who feels the need to report to me that they had bacon for breakfast that morning. But my adventures with bacon have been the source of much amusement, some incredible meals, and even a few new friendships.

I've had bacon adventures all around the world, but most of my bacon consumption has occurred in Arizona (where I have lived since 1997), Washington, DC (where I have lived and worked at various points since the early 1990s), and Idaho (my native land and the place I'm moving back to during the Summer of 2008).

Have a look around the site, try the Bacon Wrapped Tater Tots, and in the immortal words of Homer Simpson, "bacon up!"

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