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    • The 10 Best Bacons Known to Man

      By MH Editor | Shine Food – Fri, Apr 5, 2013 3:16 PM EDT

      The bellies to put in yours

      By Jerilyn Covert, Jennifer Messimer, and Christa Sgobba


      Bringing Home the BaconBringing Home the Bacon

      Bacon: If you're human, the mere word summons an immediate Pavlovian response. Simply reading the list of bacons that follows may warrant a bib. For the good of all mankind, we took it upon ourselves to try more than 60 different kinds of bacon-from nationwide to boutique brands-and came up with a ranked list of the best bacons you seriously need to try. And if you're worried about bacon's supposed artery clogging effects, research has shown that there is no evidence that the saturated fat in bacon increases your risk of heart attack or stroke. Not too shabby at only 45 calories per slice. So go on, enjoy.

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      1. Beeler's Uncured Garlic Pepper Bacon

      Call it the baron of bacons. Unlike some gimmicky

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    • The 4 Rules of Perfect Pizza

      By MH Editor | Shine Food – Mon, Mar 4, 2013 4:51 PM EST

      Take a tour of Chef Michael Psilakis' 3 favorite pizza shops in Brooklyn. Then start making better pies at home.

      By Paul Kita

      The Quest For The Perfect Slice of Pizza

      Think back to the best slice of pizza you've ever tasted. When you took your first bite, you were transported. Any combination of sauce, cheese, and dough you had eaten before was instantly demoted, newly classified as a substandard slice. This was the only pizza you ever wanted to eat again. You were forever a changed man. Call it the "transcendental slice effect."


      Chef Michael Psilakis has experienced the transcendental slice effect (TSE). Although Psilakis has claimed his fame in the culinary world through Greek-inspired New York City restaurants such as MP Taverna and Kefi, he's spent significant time in pursuit of great pizza. So we asked Psilakis to take us to his favorite TSE-inducing pizza shops in Brooklyn and as we stopped at Di Fara, Roberta's, and Lucali, he dropped his pizza knowledge along the way.

      If you can't venture to

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    • The 5 Best Hot Sauces for Any Meal

      By MH Editor | Shine Food – Thu, Feb 14, 2013 5:22 PM EST

      We burned some sensitive parts of our GI tracks for this list. You're welcome!

      By Sara Can, Men's Health


      For the past month, my co-workers have been avoiding me. Why? Perhaps it's the vinegary odor that's been seeping into my clothes from the 100 bottles of hot sauce in my office. Or maybe it's because I've been hosting weekly hot-sauce taste tests, and some tongues can only take so much.
      Okay, maybe I've been torturing my co-workers, but it's all in the name of journalism!

      Our mission? To find the most irresistible hot sauces-no matter how bad our tongues tingled or how much sweat rolled down our foreheads. To help us sift through the hot sauce contenders, we reached out to hot-sauce aficionados who focused our taste buds on looking for the perfect balance between heat and flavor. (For your complete guide to every grocery aisle, see what Men's Health editors selected as the 125 Best Foods for Men.)

      "Anyone can load up a sauce with super hot

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    • Cook Seared Sirloin with Red-Wine Mushrooms

      By MH Editor | Shine Food – Fri, Feb 8, 2013 1:41 PM EST

      A steakhouse-caliber classic, ready in minutes at home

      By the editors of Men's Health


      Cook Seared Sirloin with Red-Wine MushroomsCook Seared Sirloin with Red-Wine Mushrooms


      INGREDIENTS:
       1 Tbsp olive oil
      4 six-ounce steaks (trimmed sirloin or petite filets)
      Salt and pepper to taste
      2 shallots, minced
      2 garlic cloves, minced
      1/2 lb white or cremini mushrooms, cleaned, stems removed, and sliced
      1 cup red wine
      1 cup low-sodium beef stock
      2 tsp chopped fresh rosemary

      MINUTES 1-10
       Sear the steaks

       Preheat the oven to 400°F. Heat the oil in a large cast-iron or oven-safe skillet on high. Season the steaks with salt and plenty of black pepper and add them to the hot pan. Sear for 3 to 4 minutes until a deep brown crust develops on one side. Then flip the steaks over.

      Which type of beef is best? Click here to learn the difference between different beef cuts.

      MINUTES 11-18
       Transfer them to the oven

       Place the skillet in the oven to finish cooking (6 to 8 minutes for medium rare; an instant-read thermometer

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    • Bake Protein-Packed Bacon Omelet Bites

      By MH Editor | Shine Food – Wed, Jan 23, 2013 4:17 PM EST

      By Amy Rushlow, Men's Health

      Bacon Wrapped California Omelet BitesBacon Wrapped California Omelet Bites

      It was 11 a.m., and I was starving. I plowed my eager mitts into the trail mix buried in my office drawer. Just a handful, I told myself. Twenty handfuls later, and I tossed the empty bag in the trash. I was still hungry.

      Something had to be done.

      I've been training for triathlons this summer and fall, and thanks to the pool's hours and the length of my workouts, I've been forced into exercising in the morning. But since I'm already crawling out of bed at 5:30 a.m., the last thing I want to do is wake up even earlier to scramble up some eggs. If I don't, though, I tend to eat everything in sight-no matter how unhealthy the available food may be-later in the day.

      As a fan of the inventive protein-packed recipes created by trainer and nutrition coach Jen Comas Keck, C.P.T., I thought Comas Keck might have a solution. (Her blog, Beauty Lies in Strength, posts gems like protein ice cream and almond flour banana bread.) Her task: Create

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