works of wanderlust

Tag: pancakes

  • Strip this Pan, Part Four

    In short, and to conclude this short series of posts, the effort to strip and re-season the twenty-inch reversible grill was a modest success. In the end, it was a combination of elbow grease and chemical oven cleaner that seemed to net me the best result of the multiple methods I tried. I found that

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  • Our Well-Loved Cookbooks: Five Roses

    There was a point in time about fifteen years ago when I would have told you that the best way to make pancakes was to follow the directions on the box. And see, everyone who dabbles in more advanced cooking techniques than as-per-manufacturers-instructions likely has a story of that one recipe that upon discovering it

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  • The Great Big List of 50 Pancake Topping Ideas

    Saturday mornings are pancake mornings at our house. In fact, I was looking through some old videos yesterday (on my day off) and I had recorded some footage of my then-toddler daughter and I cooking pancake shapes and then smothering them in syrup. That is evidence enough that this has been a tradition for at

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  • What’s the best first cast iron pan to buy?

    First, always consider that the tool you’re most likely to get the most use out of is the tool you have the most reason to use. Buy a pan to suit the type of cooking you like to do. A big flat skillet will let you cook big batches of pancakes or grilled sandwiches. A

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  • Saturday Chocolate Chip Pancakes

    My twenty inch cast iron grill pan sees service at least once a week (when we’re home, that is) on Saturday mornings as a pancake making workstation. For at least a decade our family tradition is a fresh batch of these simple breakfast treats. 1 1/3 cups of all purpose flour3 tablespoons of granulated sugar1

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