Who out there doesn't like bacon?

Me? I'm a bacon fanatic, and I'll use any excuse to add bacon (or bacon grease) to anything.

I figured I'd start compiling a list of 1,001 things to do with bacon, and I invite -- or, rather, challenge -- you to join along. Drop me an e-mail with your ideas, recipes or links. I want to see how fast we can grow this list.

In the meantime, here are some recipes to get us started:

#1 Candied Bacon Martini

#2 Panzanella (Italian bread salad with, of course, bacon)

#3 Apple bacon coffeecake

#4 Roasted potato salad (with, of course, bacon)

#5 Maple-bacon biscuits from Zoe Nathan, the pastry chef at Rustic Canyon in Santa Monica

And here are more bacon recipes to tide you over until next time.

-- Noelle Carter

Photo credit: Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times