Pancakes and Donuts Bring Fond Memories
Many years ago, my good friend Nancy Ryan (Nancy Knox back then) introduced me to the Swedish pancakes with lingonberry butter, German pancakes and cheese blintzes at The Pancake House in El Cajon. Over the years, we’d meet for breakfast to eat the pancakes and catch up with each other lives. We even brought our...
Sinning and chicken fried steak
When I heard about cinnamon roll pancakes at The Trails Eatery, I had to go. But these are named Sin-a-mon Roll pancakes for a reason! Cinnamon throughout and cream cheese frosting. After a bite, I decided it may be even better than a traditional cinnamon roll. The other standout rumored about, is the Chicken Fried...
Flipping pancakes and serving huge omelettes
It is still as good as years ago! Family House of Pancakes, a legendary restaurant in Chula Vista since 1964, makes no bones about serving huge platters of food. My first experience with hash browns spilling over the plate was too many years ago to count and after a recent visit, it hasn’t changed one...
This event took the pancake!
This event took the cake, or pancake! Chefs donated their time to cook breakfast and raise money for the organization, Just Call Us Volunteers. They make sure homeless children, families and veterans get healthy meals. Every year they make and serve the last meal at the Veterans Stand Down. San Diego has a great group...
Plenty of sweets in Amsterdam
Famous Dutch Stroopwafel cookies, made in waffle irons with natural ingredients then precisely split in half and smeared with traditional caramel syrup. Jamila balances these hot sweet treats at the Amsterdam Stroopwafel Museum and people like me buy lots for them now and later with tea.#Stroopwafel Heaven And I couldn’t be in Holland without eating...
The Right Fork Diner on Martha’s Vineyard
At the end of the Katama Airfield runway, The Right Fork Diner is serving up home-style American food alongside their signature coffee. A true “must-try”. By MLiss A Hinshaw Escaping from the large crowds of annual vacationers in the throes of summertime Martha’s Vineyard, I drove along the shoreline dotted with picnickers and adventurers putting toes...
