PAIRED WITH: big table farm's Willamette Valley Pinot Noir

From big table farm's Clare Carver: "Beets are ridiculously good with bacon. There's lots of garlic, but it candies and mellows in the bacon fat. I have won over many "non-beet-eaters" with this dish."

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F . Quarter beets lengthwise. Slice half lengthwise and half crosswise into wedges about 3/4 inch thick. Cut slab bacon into 1/2-inch cubes,or sliced bacon into 1 1/2-inch pieces. In a shallow 3- to 3 1/2-qt baking dish, toss beets, bacon, garlic, oil, and salt.

Bake, stirring every 15 minutes or so, until beets are tender when pierced and bacon begins to brown, 1 1/4 to 1 3/4 hours.