A few tables over, Newt Gingrich and his wife, Callista, nibbled on bacon cheeseburgers and fries.
Yep, one bite from the lone star tick — which gets its name from the Texas-shaped splash of white on its back — is enough to reprogram your immune system to forever reject even the smallest nibble of perfectly crisped bacon.
Her daughter Bridget wandered in nibbling a piece of bacon.
"They responded immediately," she said, nibbling on a plate of bacon at Sardi's.
The girls sat around the table, gingerly nibbling on fruit, avoiding the bacon and eggs, taking turns introducing themselves and sharing their experiences in the industry thus far.
"I lost a lot of weight working at Barneys," said Ms. Brooks, nibbling delicately at the turkey sandwich with bacon she'd ordered along with an iced tea, then hastening to add, "It was the 14-hour days and then all the traveling".
A few days later I was making breakfast for my kids and absentmindedly started nibbling on an extra piece of turkey bacon; before I realized what I'd done, I'd eaten the whole thing.
With this spread of tasty nibbles -- plus your bacon-wrapped dates -- your friends will think you're a party-planning pro.
A short list of nibbles is offered: shishito peppers, smoked peanuts with bacon and chili, a head of Rocambole garlic, roasted and smearable on toast.
"You let the fat ooze through it," Mr. Nicoll said as we nibbled on smoked salmon and his own slab bacon in the kitchen, "but once that has happened, you take it out.
