High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Bacon Cookbook: More than 150 Recipes from Around the World for Everyone`s Favorite Food is a cookbook on bacon by James Villas. It was published by Wiley in 2007. Villas is a former food editor for Town Country magazine, and The Bacon Cookbook is his 15th book on food. He notes on the book`s jacket that he was "beguiled by bacon since he was a boy." He describes the appeal of bacon in the book`s preface, and in the introduction recounts the history of the product, as well as its variations from different locations internationally. Chapters are structured by type of recipe and food course, and in total the book includes 168 recipes.