<div>EASTON, Pa. - This weekend in Northampton County, bacon isn’t just a breakfast staple but an ingredient used in endless recipes throughout a two-day festival. The sizzle of bacon can get your taste buds tingling, and here in Easton, they don’t take the ingredient lightly as the city gears up for its 15th year of PA Bacon Fest. “Last year, we saw record attendance close to about 90,000 people over two days,” said Joe Dimeck, the special events and promotions manager for the Greater Easton Development Partnership.The event runs on Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. It’s put on by the Greater Easton Development Partnership, operating as the nonprofit’s largest fundraiser. “We’ll have a prize wheel. We’ll have a golf simulator with the longest drive and closest to the pin challenge,” said Dimeck. Don’t forget the bacon-inspired dishes, with 172 vendors taking part, like Thyme Rooftop Grille. “They’re prepping weeks ahead; they’re doing so much the week of. I mean, we’re anticipating selling thousands of burgers, so you can only imagine the time and effort that goes into making sure that happens,” said its general manager, Allie Giambruno.Its 60/40 burger is coming back for its second year. “It is 60 percent ground beef, 40 percent ground bacon mixed all together, and that is served on a brioche roll with bacon, pickled onions, Cooper Sharp American cheese, and a housemade smoked aioli,” said executive chef Steve Schwier.The festival taking over Centre Square and surrounding streets exposes foodies to new flavors, but also new restaurants like the Tortuga Club.“We’re only four months old here in the Easton Public Market… having a lot of people coming to our tent, trying our food and then being able to come into our space is great,” said CJ Moyer, the owner. If you think the pork stops at food, vendors like Meli European Taverna will have you thinking otherwise with its pineapple screwdriver featuring bacon snow. “Over the top, we take tapioca maltodextrin and whip it up with bacon fat and what happens is you get this melt-in-your-mouth powder,” said Max Ur, its beverage director.Come for the bacon, but stay for the fun, with many saying the energy is their favorite thing on the menu. “From the different vendors to the people that come to spectate and experience, everybody just seems to be in the right mood, and it helps me out! Keeps me going all day,” said Jovan Johnson, the floor manager and beverage program director at Thyme Rooftop Grille.With the festival breaking records last year, organizers say they’ve focused on crowd flow management, and a pro tip for everyone is to use the sidewalks to get around. You can find more information at PAbaconfest.com.</div>

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EASTON, Pa. - This weekend in Northampton County, bacon isn’t just a breakfast staple but an ingredient used in endless recipes throughout a two-day festival. The sizzle of bacon can get your taste buds tingling, and here in Easton, they don’t take the ingredient lightly as the city gears up for its 15th year of PA Bacon Fest.

Sizzle in Easton: Bacon Fest returns this weekend

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EASTON, Pa. - This weekend in Northampton County, bacon isn’t just a breakfast staple but an ingredient used in endless recipes throughout a two-day festiv

Sizzle in Easton: Bacon Fest returns this weekend

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