pancake

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Dishes she's made range from panackelty, a stew consisting of potatoes, onions and corned beef, to Staffordshire oatcakes, a type of yeasted pancake, and Lancashire hotpot, made with mutton or lamb.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

A pancake for the table at Kitchen Mouse, garden hopping at the Huntington and “blue couch time” are on the agenda for the comedian.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Even when a potato pancake failed to flip on camera and spilled onto the stove, she accepted the mistake with grace, endearing her to similarly mishap-prone home cooks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Sweet breakfasts have never been my natural habitat—good oatmeal is a beloved, comparatively rare exception, as is a single yeasty, griddled buttermilk diner pancake swimming in syrup.

From Salon • Jan. 29, 2026

I stared at my plate, a half-eaten pancake wallowing in a pool of maple syrup.

From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine