On Tuesday, the Zingerman's Community of Businesses wrapped up their annual planning process with an evening of awesome, creative presentations, one from each business. From skits to films, people really did it up, and communicated their visions and plans while having a huge amount of fun. For Zing Press, I wrote haiku, and some rhymed poetry too.

Zingerman's Guide to Better Bacon will be on sale at all Zingerman's businesses starting July 1, 2009! The author and Zingerman's co-founder Ari Weinzweig will be at Zingerman's Deli to sign books from 11am to 1pm. And, come back that evening at 7pm, for a bacon tasting! $30 in advance, $35 at the door. See the Deli Events page for more details.

Zingerman's Press had its first public appearance on Saturday, May 16th, with a booth at the Ann Arbor Book Fair!

A group of Zingerman's folk came together last Wednesday night and hand-assembled 170 copies of the Anarchist Edition of the Guide to Better Bacon book - black and white xeroxed text with a special preface, silk-screened cardboard covers, tied with leather cord, numbered and signed and offered for sale at the 2009 Ann Arbor Book Fair.

Now you can order your own Guide to Better Bacon t-shirt!

Our forthcoming book, Zingerman's Guide to Better Bacon: Stories of Pork Bellies, Hush Puppies, Rock 'n' Roll Music and Bacon Fat Mayonnaise, is at the printer! The book will be released in late June 2009. It's been a lot of fun to create and we're excited about sharing it with all of you. Interested in buying a copy for yourself or for a bacon-enthusiast in your life? Please leave your contact information now and we'll get in touch with you in June!