The best part of going to the pancake places, aside from eating the pancakes, is that you get to watch them expertly shape, flip, and plate up serving after serving of fluffy goodness.

Thanks for coming, but there is nothing more we need to talk about! Game over. I’ll just be eating this beet and burrata salad from here on out.

Oh so long ago, back when I was still in high school, my mom came home from work one day clutching a photocopied hand-written banana bread recipe.