"Our recipe for crust was passed on for generations and a guarded secret in my family, known for their guarded secrets."
- Chris B., pizza maker in San Francisco

1129 is my lucky number

I like Quizno's because waiting around for your order feels like a raffle drawing you may or may not win. Everyone stands around clutching their tickets, periodically checking their number to make sure they haven't missed it.

And then, in the end, you do win! You always win! And the prize is a sandwich!

"Earth Day" -Barack Obama

Here at Smoking Pancakes, Earth Day is everyday, but especially April 22, which is the only day we tend to remember that it's Earth Day.

To celebrate, we had a cupcake with green icing, and only used one plastic plate.


Also, we stuck it to Mother's Day with this trendy logo. Take that, moms!

Wild Rice and Brown Rice Salad With Walnuts and Asparagus??!?!

I think right after I posted about my unhealthy obsession with the New York Times' Recipes for Health section, Martha Rose Shulman started making really disgusting-looking recipes. Like today's White Bean Puree, which can be thinned with milk. Ew. Bean puree with milk?! What happened to you, Martha? Scambled Eggs and Assparagus?! There's no cheese in that. Barley and Mushroom Salad with English Peas? A photograph of that does not make my mouth water.

It wasn't so long ago we were enjoying saliva-worthy images of Pureed Potato and Brocolli Soup with Parmesan Croutons and Japanese Spinach with Sesame Dressing and Black Bean Chili.

But now it's all quinoa and walnuts. Get with the program.

Aslan symbolized lasagna

I read a book by C.S. Lewis once where he's like: "If people were staring at photographs of food and drooling, we'd think they had a problem, right? So why don't we think people who look at porn have a problem, y'know?"

And he was right. The amount of time I spend looking at pictures of food online is obscene.

Also, Christianity really is misunderstood by atheists.

And it's not junk food that attracts me (although I do admire soupy melted cheese). It's attractively arranged healthy food, like in the Recipes for Health section of the New York Times. I check it at least once a day to see what delightful concoction Martha Rose Shulman has arranged for my viewing pleasure. Not like that rogue Mark Bittman, who often posts recipes with NO ACCOMPANYING PHOTOGRAPHS. What is the point?

I don't have time to watch videos where Bittman makes adorable comments and the snazzy intro music lasts as long as the entire segment. I just want to see some meat. Some cheese. Something sizzling. Something dripping. Gurgle.