There’s something special about good pancakes and something not-so-special about not-so-good pancakes. I was raised on Bisquick and that can be good, I guess. But I was also raised on corn syrup instead of maple, and that’s, well, not-so-good. So when I saw Alton Brown’s Good Eat’s episode on flap jacks, I decided to give it a try, and I think the result is good, diner-style pancakes…
In 2003 I worked on a show called The Restaurant and the dish that was famous on that show was Rocco’s mama’s meatballs. While I never had the pleasure of partaking in those particular balls, from then on I really wanted to learn how to make awesome meatballs. Zoom forward about 6 years and I saw an episode of Throwdown with Bobby Flay where he challenged Mike Maroni to a meatball throwdown (and lost). Six years was a long time to wait, but thanks to the Maroni’s making their recipe available on Foodnetwork.com, I too can now make some slammin balls of meat. (Better than Rocco’s from what I hear). Continue reading
