Who could possibly upstage bacon? That would be Padma Lakshmi

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Really, what else is there to say. Just watch the video. There’s no doubt that ‘Top Chef’s’ Padma Lakshmi will drive more than a few vegetarians to reconsider their no-meat stance. (Padma, you may recall, earned a spot on our list of 1,001 things to do with bacon. Click below for the list.)

No. 26: Use Padma to sell bacon burgers ... and convert bacon’s unbelievers

No. 25: Bacon explosion

Nos. 20-24: Make dessert

No. 19: Make a bacon-doughnut-cheeseburger

No. 18: Bacon bath salts

No. 17: Chicken-fried bacon, a.k.a. ‘bacon porn’

No. 16: Use bacon grease on your popcorn

No. 15: Get a bacon tattoo

No. 14: Make chocolate cupcakes with bacon cream cheese frosting

No. 13: Cover it in chocolate

No. 12: Make a bacon piñata

No. 11: Write letters about it

No. 10: Use it as currency

No. 9: Bacon chips

No. 8: Rumaki

No. 7: Lentils and bacon

No. 6: Gift it

No. 5: Maple-bacon biscuits

No. 4: Roasted potato salad

No. 3: Apple bacon coffeecake

No. 2: Panzanella

No. 1: Candied Bacon Martini

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