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FESTIVAL WIRE — Bacon is the word at the second annual Bacon and Beer Festival, announced for Sunday, January 25. Participating restaurants, including Odd Duck/Barley Swine, Noble Sandwich Co., and Frank, will create bacon-inspired bites, served alongside craft beer. The only tickets currently available include entry to a limited-seating of porchetta butchering demo and cooking class taught by Andrew Curren on January 21. [EaterWire]
GIFT WIRE — Austin Food & Wine Festival asked local chefs what culinary goods and gadgets they would recommend for holiday gifts. Among the suggestions were a potato ricer from Epicerie's Sarah McIntosh and surryano ham by Contigo's Andrew Wiseheart. [Austin Food & Wine Festival]
BIKINIS WIRE — It’s TV time for breastauranter Doug Guller when he’s featured on CBS's Undercover Boss on Sunday, December 28. This presumably means the founder will wear the requisite swim top uniform at Bikinis Sports Bar & Grill. All locations of the chain will host viewing screenings from 6-8pm. [EaterWire]
