Pancake Month is a time-honoured tradition in my heart. I like to associate Clinton St. Baking Company‘s February Pancake Month with Shrove Tuesday, the day before Mardi Gras.

Many people call Shrove Tuesday, “Pancake Day,” and eat pancakes to celebrate. Others call it “Pączki Day” (pronounced poonch-key in the Midwest) and eat pączkis, which are like deep fried dough – similar to donuts – with fillings such as fruit filling, custard and creams.

I’m from the Metro-Detroit area and we celebrate Pączki Day – due to the large local Polish population – but because pączkis are hard to find in New York (unless you go out of your way), I’ve switched over to the much easier to celebrate Pancake Day. I’m very excited about this menu and I’m looking forward to going many times to celebrate my pancake obsession!