Introduction

The blogging world is a treacherous maze of food critics, sports journalists and aspiring fashion writers. They contain reviews, opinions and stories. Some are written so well they could be confused for F. Scott Fitzgerald or Mark Twain. Others come across like the diary of a 12 year old girl. Somewhere, in the middle, you find me.

Blogs all have a main theme. Some focus on music, others focus on food. Some rattle on about what the author did today, what they ate, what outfit they wore. However, this blog will touch on two topics, two things I love dearly: Musical Top Ten Lists and Pancakes. Yes, you read right, pancakes!

Ahh, pancakes. Delicious, fluffy pancakes. Perhaps one of the most internationally loved treats. From crepes in France, to frixuelos in Spain, and pannenkoeken in the Netherlands, pancakes are enjoyed in one form or another in most of the world. If world peace were ever to be solved, it would most certainly be negotiated over a United Nations pancake breakfast. Not only are they diverse in nations, pancakes are richly diverse in styles and flavours. Pancakes can be sweet and decadent, or they can be savoury and healthy. They can be filled a million ways, topped with a million different toppings. The options are endless.

Top ten lists are also very important to me. Growing up a music nerd, surrounded by other music nerds, 'lists' were always present in conversation. "What's your top five favourite Beatles songs?" "What's your top ten guitar solos?" Lists were created, dissected, and debated, sometimes resulting in lengthy arguments, other times leading to silent enjoyment of the agreed top song.

This is not some snooty food critics blog. There will be no reviews of food trucks and their use of foie gras. At no point will I use the words "balsamic reduction." Nor is this some hipster music blog, singing the praises of little known, independent label bands, only to rip them to shreds when they sign with a major label. This is 'High Fidelity' if John Cusack had worked at an IHOP. It's David Letterman, if The Late Show got moved to the Food Network.

I will try to blog at least a couple times a week, maybe more. Each blog will either be a top ten list or be about pancakes. Each top ten list will have a theme (top ten songs when it's raining, top ten Pink Floyd songs, top ten songs about New York, etc..). Most pancake blogs will contain a recipe and my experience with it. Some times, instead of a recipe, I will share a review of some restaurants pancakes, or information about a pancake festival, or perhaps share some history of pancakes.

I hope you will enjoy this blog, or at the very least find a pancake recipe you like, or a new song you have never heard. And I shall enjoy making lists and devouring pancakes.

- Jack