Nena, I was just doing some research on Italian cooking, and I think you're on to something. For most of their salads they use panchetta rather than bacon, so it's likely that is, in fact, what it was. Thank you for bringing that to our attention.
I am all for a Team Billy/Charlie. He was so lovable on film. I always liked him in the books, but now I love him. Initially I was for casting JFM, but I doubt anyone could have brought Charlie to life quite as well as Billy Burke did. Pornstache... *grins*
Can I also just say James... WOW! I did not picture him being so ... totally hunkish... in the books. It was hard for me to even feel bad for Bella during the ballet scene. I would have been begging him to bite me!
I actually rented one of Cam's movies that came out this year, Never Back Down, and really liked that too. He's definitely got the bad guy role down pat. I was very impressed with him as an actor. I couldn't believe they only had him for 3 weeks, and everything came out so well!
Well, I'm almost done with book one of BDB. I finally understand the Peach Cobbler, WOAH! Talk about some major blushing going on while reading that part. My husband was sitting on the couch watching TV while I'm reading this, and was wondering what was making me giggle so much. He picks up the book later while I'm on the computer, and all I hear across the house is "What kind of smut are you reading?" Haha.. it provided us with some good laughs for the evening.