The Pancake Handbook

Settle into a plush red naugahyde booth at bette''s oceanview diner and you''ll be served some of the best pancakes on the planet. Back in 1982 bette''s was founded in Berkeley California by a breakfast-loving group of chefs. It has since become one of the Bay area''s favorite breakfast and brunch spots with people lining up well before the doors open each morning. In the Pancake handbook bette''s classic buttermilk pancakes take their place alongside daily Pancake specials including Blueberry Yogurt Golden cornmeal double chocolate and sourdough-not to mention The signaturesouffle pancakes which emerge from the oven spectacularly puffed and Golden Brown. Packed with tips on keeping your pancakes fluffy and plenty of topping and syrup suggestions this revised edition with more than 15 new recipes is sure to become your personal Pancake Bible. A Pancake Primer from the Pancake experts at bette''s oceanview diner in Berkeley California. Includes more than 75 recipes and variations. First edition sold 20 000 copies. Reviews the most tempting comforting compilation of Pancake recipes I''ve found. -karola saekel San Francisco chronicle Steve siegelman Bette kroening and Sue conley were among the original founders of bette''s oceanview diner in Berkeley California. Steve is a berkeley-based food writer for print and television. Bette the designer''s namesake still owns and runs the restaurant with her husband Manfred. Sue went on to found tomales Bay foods and has become a pioneer in the artisan cheese movement through her cowgirl creamery in point Reyes station and artisan cheese in San Francisco.