Pancakes stack up // Flapjacks make a breakfast worth flipping over

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: March 4, 1988| Author: Pat Bruno | Copyright information

"Who invented the pancake?" my wife asked me when I told her we were going out for breakfast on Saturday and Sunday to check out some of my favorite places for pancakes.

"I'm curious as to why you use the word `invented,' " I said. "Things like pancakes are not invented: They are, like lots of other dishes, the result of a cooking accident. Somebody set out to make one thing, something strange happened, and they ended up with something else. That's how great dishes are born."

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