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Mark A. Johnson @baconscholar.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I just got back from Scotland and got to get into my pictures of landscapes and puffins.

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Mark A. Johnson @baconscholar.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Oh we’re still doing “expensive” dining but in ways that seem less pretentious than “fine dining”

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Mark A. Johnson @baconscholar.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

This scene has an argument that’s at the heart of the bacon book. We’ve seen a decline in the popularity of haute cuisine. #hatm

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Mark A. Johnson @baconscholar.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

It’s really poignant that we watched this movie in the wake of the René Redzepi allegations at Noma. #hatm

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Mark A. Johnson @baconscholar.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

It’s his thigh, if that’s any better…

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Mark A. Johnson @baconscholar.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Do you #hatm root for any of these characters besides Margot? I kind of root for the actor’s assistant.

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Mark A. Johnson @baconscholar.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

#HATM I love the idea that his diners don’t “get” bread. They don’t deserve it.

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Mark A. Johnson @baconscholar.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Thanks @herberthistory.bsky.social and the #HATM community for all the support over the years!

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Mark A. Johnson @baconscholar.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

It was a great conversation, thanks!

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Jason Herbert @herberthistory.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

In this week's podcast, @emilycontois.bsky.social @baconscholar.bsky.social and I talked about the rise and fall of celebrity chefs. Do you have a favorite celebrity chef? #HATM

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Jack El-Hai @jackelhai.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

"A twenty-first-century culinary and cultural powerhouse." Today's forthcoming-book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @baconscholar.bsky.social! Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe

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Mark A. Johnson @baconscholar.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Sorry, #hatm, the “shortage of perfect breasts” line is so so gross.

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Mark A. Johnson @baconscholar.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

I go home to Milwaukee all the time but the spices set off airport scanners so I get put aside while they inspect every bottle.

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Mark A. Johnson @baconscholar.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

So, #hatm, what does this movie say about 1987ish?

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Mark A. Johnson @baconscholar.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Of course it’s from Penzy’s because they have a soul. #hatm

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Mark A. Johnson @baconscholar.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

#hatm, they had to bring in a dummy for Cary Elwes during the Miracle Max scenes Mandy bruised a rib trying to hold back laughter.

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Mark A. Johnson @baconscholar.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

My wife: “she can’t pick up a sword and fight the ROUS??” Everyone gets to have fun except Robin Wright.

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Mark A. Johnson @baconscholar.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Cary Elwes says in his memoir that the movie was received as not-so-special until it became available on home video so people could show their kids. #hatm

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Mark A. Johnson @baconscholar.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

My wife says that her grandparents usually skipped this part for her, so she never saw it until she was an adult. #hatm

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Mark A. Johnson @baconscholar.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

I got to know Cary Elwes as Robin Hood via Mel Brooks and came to this afterward. He’s truly awesome as an art thief con-man in Psych, a show my wife and I watch yearly. #hatm

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Mark A. Johnson @baconscholar.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

#HATM, they perfected this swordfight choreography so well that the final cut was like two minutes. Rob Reiner couldn’t let the greatest swordfight in history be so short. They went back and choreographed more.

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Mark A. Johnson @baconscholar.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

#HATM, Cary Elwes sprained his ankle pretty seriously riding Andre’s ATV. He did the “greatest swordfight” in history on this bum ankle.

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Mark A. Johnson @baconscholar.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

#HATM, Wallace Shawn assumed he was going to get fired. Andre the Giant was always in so much back pain that he had an ATV to get around and drank a bottle of cognac a night to “ease” his pain.

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Mark A. Johnson @baconscholar.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

#HATM, hard to believe this was the more famous Sarandon at one time. Wallace Shawn also hated his performance. He complained he couldn’t do Sicilian. Rob Reiner assured him that, funny enough, this Sicilian sounds “just like you.”

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Mark A. Johnson @baconscholar.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

1) This one, Princess Bride 2) Duck, Apples, Sweet Potatoes for pre #HATM dinner.

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Mark A. Johnson @baconscholar.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

It’s true! Thank you @herberthistory.bsky.social and the entire #HATM community for your early and enthusiastic support for this book.

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Mark A. Johnson @baconscholar.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

If you love this #hatm movie, you should check out the audiobook by Cary Elwes on the making and legacy of this film. Truly beautiful.

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Mark A. Johnson @baconscholar.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Is anyone out there live-posting the final voyage of the #EdmundFitzgerald?

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Mark A. Johnson @baconscholar.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

This is effectively the point of Bart Elmore’s work on Coca Cola. We all effectively subsidize the business model.

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Mark A. Johnson @baconscholar.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

I’m way too excited to work! My book, American Bacon, is now available for presale! For authors, presale can make or break a book, so please tell your local book shop to carry it! Please order it for your university and public library! #foodstudies #food #bacon www.ugapress.org/978082037540...

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In American Bacon, Mark A. Johnson asks (and answers) a seemingly simple question: How has bacon overcome centuries of religious prohibition, cultural contem...

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Mark A. Johnson @baconscholar.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Do you chicken brissil? If you are from Greenville in Butler County, Alabama, you do. It’s a smoked chicken with an emphasis on a tangy vinegar sauce. I was so glad to talk on Alabama barbecue to the Butler County Historical and Genealogical Society. It was such a great audience!

The crowd gathered for the lunch and talk.

A Newspaper Article. “One of the favorite outdoor sports in Greenville now is chicken brissil,” says Birmingham News in 1930

Newspapers from Greenville Advocate in Alabama in 1910 and 1913

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Mark A. Johnson @baconscholar.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

“It’s the legacy of slavery that turned the tip in the United States from a bonus or extra on top of a wage, to a wage itself,” explains Saru Jayaraman, co-founder of Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC United).

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Mark A. Johnson @baconscholar.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

After emancipation, the restaurant and hospitality industries hired newly emancipated Black women and men. They paid them no wage–leaving them to rely on patrons’ gratuities “Simply put, tipping was introduced as a way to exploit the labor of former slaves.” — @splcenter.org

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Mark A. Johnson @baconscholar.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

I pulled this from some jerk over on Threads, While I don’t know the race of the server, I thought this was a good time for a reminder that tipping culture is unique to the United States and a legacy of systemic racism! #foodstudies #food #history

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