![]() ![]() ![]() * Guy Fieri has featured the farm in several shows. Bonus: This is Black Pig's take on rodeo cracker jacks, and you'll find a fun temporary tattoo buried in each bag! At least three kernels get stuck in clusters with that caramel drizzle, so the definition of "just one more bite" varies. ![]() We just eat this popcorn by the handful, no frills. Then it gets a finishing smoke over applewood (taken straight from the surrounding Sonoma County orchards!) for about 12 hours. Black Pig hand cuts the pork and sets it in brown sugar for up to 21 days. Their bacon and other pork products are slowly and carefully made from sustainably raised pigs, and can be purchased at local stores as well as online. The pork belly comes from heritage breed pigs raised on a certified-sustainable farm. Black Pig Meat Company and Black Piglet/Zazu Farm & Catering are the brainchildren of Chefs Duskie Estes and John Stewart. pop organic, non-GMO popcorn and coat it with a caramel-toffee glaze that's studded with irresistible bits of their signature Applewood Smoked Uncured Bacon. The restaurant owners and awesome bacon-makers of Black Pig Meat Co. ![]() If you've ever been watching the Food Network and saw a certain sunglasses-wearing "cool dad" in a convertible* visit Zazu Kitchen + Farm in Sebastopol, California, you've seen this bacon caramel corn. As far as caramel corn goes, this is whole-hog. Salty, mouth-wateringly savory bits of – oh my – real bacon. Zazu Kitchen + Farm is located in The Barlow, a new shopping center/culinary and arts depot, featuring critically acclaimed restaurants, tasting rooms, art galleries and markets.Crunch. Making it the highest-rated episode in the series. Husband and wife team, John Stewart and Duskie Estes have owned Zazu since 2001, where it originally operated in a rural roadhouse in Santa Rosa. The video of Z Bacon Serving 2 Chainz, Tommy Chong, and Hannibal Buress has gained over 10 million views. In 2013, Zazu re-opened in the newly renovated Barlow, calling itself Zazu Kitchen + Farm, due to the fact that the kitchen takes up 50% of the square footage of the building. John and Duskie are, by definition, cool. Their restaurant is cool, their matching tattoos are cool, and their general demeanor and outlook on life as successful chefs is cooler than cool. The interior of the dining room features mostly raw wood and stainless steel. They serve cocktails in bright blue mason jars, and serve local brews and spirits from purveyors in The Barlow. But most importantly, John and Duskie are known as the ”King and Queen of Pork.” Within their giant kitchen, they operate their pork brand, Black Pig Meat Co. Pig is a feature in almost everything they serve and it’s mouth-watering. Their burger patties are stuffed with bacon and their house-made chocolate peanut butter cups have pork rinds in them! But Duskie didn’t always love pork. She was a vegetarian for almost 20 years before she met John. Eventually she came around, but her principles for what she calls “taking a life,” stayed intact. John and Duskie believe whole-heartedly that if you are going to take a life, whether it be a pig or a persimmon, that you use every part of it. From the snout to the feet, not a single piece of the pig gets wasted. We chose to feature Zazu Kitchen + Farm in Episode 4 because John and Duskie’s experience in preserving meat has history and years of experience. They honor the animal and they honor the process of preservation. Not only do both of these chefs have immense talent and experience, but they’ve each got some star chef quality as well. Chef Estes is not a stranger to the Food Network. She’s competed in Iron Chef among some of the greatest chefs in the world. Currently, Estes will be appearing as a judge on “Guy’s Grocery Games” with Guy Fieri. From time to time, John, Duskie and Guy invite each other over for dinner to cook for fun and catch up. John also studied cured meats under the wings of Mario Batali.ĭuring the filming of Episode Four of Spoiled To Perfection, our host, Garrett Martin, learned how to properly butcher a pig, while John taught him how to identify pork cuts. Duskie showed him how to make their bacon caramel popcorn and about what it means to be a famous head chef, wife and mother. ![]()
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