Bacon lover finds a slice of life at Nueske's

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: April 23, 2000| Author: R.W. APPLE JR. | Copyright information

Bacon lover finds a slice of life at Nueske's

By R.W. APPLE JR.

New York Times News Service

Sunday, April 23, 2000

Wittenberg -- Sin is in, gastronomically speaking. Which is why I found myself pulling up to Nueske's Hillcrest Farm, about 65 miles west of Green Bay, at midmorning one crystalline day in January, with the car's digital thermometer stuck at 5 implacable degrees below zero.

I was there in pursuit of postgraduate studies in bacon.

Chefs eve...

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