65 hearty recipes using bacon, beans, or beer as the star ingredient: perfect for tailgating, backyard barbecues, camping, or man-cave food. Bacon, Beans & Beer is chock-full of delicious, easy-to-make recipes including appetizers and snacks, soups and sandwiches, salads and sides, easy meals, and even some treats. From sweets like Beer Caramel Corn and Bacon Peanut Butter Cookies to classics like Bacon & Shrimp Po' Boys and Kentucky Hot Browns and Beer Bacon Mac & Cheese, Bacon, Beans & Beer will satisfy the hungriest of diners. Eliza Cross is the author of more than a dozen books, including recent titles like Small Bites: Skewers, Sliders, and Other Party Eats, Berries: Sweet and Savory Recipes , and Pumpkin It Up! Eliza's articles have appeared in numerous publications including Sunset , Parents , Writers' Digest , Mountain Living , Mother Earth Living and Western Art & Architecture Magazine . Combining her love of cooking and design, Eliza develops recipes and styles cuisine for corporate photo shoots. She blogs about saving money, good food and organic gardening at HappySimpleLiving.com, and is the founder of the bacon enthusiasts' society BENSA. Eliza lives in Centennial, Colorado, with her family.