<p>Maynard Davies, the last of the apprentice bacon curers, tells his intriguing story in his own distinctive style.<br>Always one to turn a challenge into an opportunity, Maynard took pleasure in learning the skills of the old master curers of the Black Country and he shares with the reader the secrets of top quality bacon, learnt over a lifetime: the methods, recipes, smoking and curing. His passion for, as he puts it, 'good food for good ...