Making your own bacon at home is easier than you might think, and the results are far superior to anything you can buy at the ...

Nitrites, nitrates. They help in curing bacon—a preservation, flavoring, and coloring process—but can form nitrosamines, chemicals found to cause cancer in lab animals. No antibiotics ever.

Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer Curing meat is an ancient technique that was passed down through the centuries and brought to ...