Anthony Bourdain offered a surprising vision of Nashville in his travel and food show Parts Unknown in October. Tattoos as party favors made the biggest impact in my conversational circles. Is this the Nashville we live in? Well, yes! We also live in…
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Thank you, Nobel Committee – we needed something else to divide our nation! Friends, neighbors, and co-workers have been shocked by the Committee’s decision to award Bob Dylan the Nobel Prize for Literature, sparking heated discussions across the land. I…
From Patricia: I used to ride the bus to high school and would sometimes rest my head against the window and imagine how my image would fit into a music video on VH1. I would imagine different songs playing behind…
December can be stressful. Correction: December is stressful. Give yourself a break here and there! A puppy video. A salted caramel hot chocolate. A book or author event. Today’s Bacon features four thrilling novels plus three upcoming author events in Nashville….
“I fulfilled two dreams this year,” said Joelle Herr, smiling, “opening a bookstore and naming a dog ‘Scooby’.” Scooby joined Maisie, named after the heroine in a Henry James novel, and Her Bookshop joined the ranks of wonderful Nashville booksellers…
Anne Byrn and I were talking about Hummingbird cake, Red Velvet cake, and that famous Carrot cake from the Silver Palate cookbook as we noshed on a scone. “Holidays preserve what the everyday loses,” she suggested. More frighteningly: “Cakes wouldn’t…
Sticking a piece of bacon in your drink is a great idea if that drink is a Bloody Mary and there’s a stalk of celery and a sprig of rosemary and a cheese-filled olive close by. It’s all very cozy and…
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know about Global Politics is a stunning little snack-sized book – delicious, nutritious! – that provides an incredibly engaging account of the world our next president will face. It’s an…
Presidential historian Jon Meacham and his wife Keith have been paying close attention to the election. Like the rest of us! (Unless you’ve had to avert your eyes at this point.) Keith answers a few questions for Bacon today, and you’ll…