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" My brother can walk into any kitchen and cook up something good -- really delicious -- using whatever ingredients he finds. No cookbook, no grocery-store run. Somehow, he comes up with a bouillabaisse or risotto or cr\u00E8me caramel. I don&amp;#039;t have this skill, but I wish I did. So in my wallet, I carry a recipe for pancakes (see above and also below). I have used it countless times to whip up fluffy, sweet flapjacks, and my hosts always react the same way: with surprise, appreciation, and pronouncements of my prowess in the kitchen. Not long after we started dating, I made a particularly good batch in my wife&amp;#039;s tiny Manhattan apartment. Her dog loved them and, in turn, me -- and getting a woman&amp;#039;s dog on your side is never a bad thing. Last summer, I made some at a waterfront house in Maine where we were guests. We were recently invited back, and our hosts asked if I could add blueberries this time. As a display of gratitude, a meal you&amp;#039;ve created beats a bottle of wine every time. It doesn&amp;#039;t have to be pancakes, although they&amp;#039;re good because most people have the ingredients. If you carry around any good, simple recipe, it shows you have thought ahead about pleasing others. Plus, like a .38 tucked into your belt, a recipe in your wallet lends confidence. Once, at a friend&amp;#039;s place in Los Angeles, there was no maple syrup. After four seconds of panic, I began foraging for some sort of topping. What I came up with was a concoction of ingredients I found in the kitchen: strawberry jam, butter, confectioners&amp;#039; sugar, mint leaves, and a drop of lime juice. It blew them away. Wallet Pancakes \u2022 1 1/4 cups flour \u2022 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder \u2022 2 tablespoons sugar \u2022 3/4 teaspoon salt \u2022 1 egg \u2022 1 1/4 cup milk \u2022 3 tablespoons melted butter Combine dry. Beat egg. Combine wet. Mix wet into dry. Stir until barely mixed. Can be doubled, tripled, etc. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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