Artist demanding sliced pork strips (5)
I believe the answer is:
bacon
'artist' is the definition.
(painter Francis Bacon)
I don't understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bacon that I've seen before include "Writer of essays" , "Processed pig-meat" , "sizzler" , "Food that can be streaky" , "Author" .)