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When Shane Harris learned about one of the most legendary cocktail-party appetizers in Washington, D.C.—Evangeline Bruce’s candied bacon—he was determined to replicate the dish. But Bruce ferociously guarded the recipe—and no one, not even former Vice President Dick Cheney, had come close to recreating it. Join Harris, a staff writer for The Atlantic, as he cooks a batch of this fabled bacon—and shares the story of how he tracked down a recipe from a bygone era of Georgetown families who wielded outsize influence over American foreign policy. “Behind the Byline” is a series from The Atlantic that lets you get to know the people behind our journalism. Find all of Harris’s work: https://lnkd.in/eKsmFJHM 📸: Onyx Media / Archive Films / Getty; Rowland Scherman / Hulton Archive / Getty; Ernst Beadle / Conde Nast Collection / Getty; Ron Galella / Getty; Ernst Beadle / Conde Nast Collection / Getty; WWD / Penske Media / Getty; Justin Hoffman / Moment / Getty; PhotoQuest / Archive Photos / Getty; luliia Bondar / Moment / Getty; ClassicStock / Archive Photos / Getty; Connect Images / Brett Stevens / Getty; Westend61 / Getty; SarapulSar38 / Creatas Vidoe+ / Getty; Mixail59 / Creatas Video+ / Getty; MirageC / Moment / Getty; Ron Case / Hulton Archive / Getty; Mirrorpix / Getty; Edward Miller / Hulton Archive / Getty; Keystone-France / Gamma-Keystone / Getty; Jordan-Lye / Moment / Getty; Bettman / Getty; Diana Walker / Hulton Archive / Getty; Norman Posselt / fStop / Getty; image courtesy Shane Harris; Mina3 / Creatas Video+ / Getty; Mint Images / Getty.

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