When Iron Chef Michael Symon first opened his restaurant Lolita in Cleveland in the ‘90s, he had trouble selling a menu item titled “Pork Belly”. Partner Tom Colicchio (Gramercy Tavern, Craft) suggested he rename it “Thick Bacon”. The same dish, re-titled, sold 40 servings on the first night! This story certainly demonstrates how far Americans have come in the last 10 years toward feeling comfortable with European-style cuisine. In the picture, Michael holds up a raw pork belly during a demo at the Food & Wine Magazine Classic in Aspen in mid-June, with which he proceeded to create the ultimate carnivore’s delight…..a pork belly and bacon sandwich. Before he bit into it, he proclaimed devilishly to the crowd “This is when it sucks to be you”.
–Michael Koehler
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