text: A Life With Bacon | Republic of Bacon
  t	A Life With Bacon
  Posted by Natalie Bacon on February 1st, 2012	Tweet
  In a recent interview with ESPN.com, professional skateboarder Mark Gutterman states that "A life without bacon is no life at all." Gutterman speaks from a transitional moment in his career, at a time when all of his previous sponsors have gone out of business and new one are in the process of signing on. To weather the storm of a life in flux, he took a job in a small cafe, surrounded by the smell of bacon every day, for the comfort of it.
  This interview got me thinking about my own life with bacon. It's no big secret that I love the stuff, as I devote my time and energy to working on The Republic of Bacon to spread the bacon love as far as I can. But it is more than that. The more I think of it, the more I realize I can chart my own personal history through my ongoing love affair with bacon.
  When I was growing up in a small town in Southern Ontario, my absolute favourite activity to do with my dad and younger brother was to go out for breakfast. Several times a week, usually before school,