Frisee with Pears and Honeyed Lardons

Whenever you come across a savory dish that includes pears, you can safely bet that the recipe is from Catalonia, perhaps from the Pyrenean Puigcerdá region, famous for its divinely delicious pears. This recipe is inspired by one from Can Ventura, a restaurant in an area that, due to a fluke of history, is within the French border but is governed by Spain. Its cuisine offers the best of the two cultures. Essentially a variation on the French bistro salad called frisée aux lardons, th