Who Will Take the Hotcake?

This week, we’re sitting down with Susie Timm, founding mouth behind the popular Valley food blog Girl Meets Fork and this week’s Pancake Quest 2012, where 7 Valley chefs compete for the Pancake Quest crown. Find out who will take the hotcake on Wednesday, January 11 at 5:30 p.m. at Perk Eatery. This year’s competitors serving up their favorite flapjacks include: Perk Eatery, 24 Carrots Juice, Orange Table, Rico’s American Grill, Creative Butters, Elemental Sugar, Smart Kitchen and Gina’s Homemade. $20 gets you in the door for all you can eat silver dollar pancakes, bacon and more during the event. For tickets to the event, click here.

So before we open our big mouths on Wednesday to heaping helping of buttery, syrupy hotcakes, let’s meet the girl of Girl Meets Fork…

DLT: What prompted the idea of Pancake Quest 2012 and why pancakes?
Susie Timm: 2011 was the year I rekindled my love of pancakes after a 25+ year hiatus. I was on a personal “quest” to find the best pancakes in the Valley so that inspired the idea.

What’s your favorite type of pancake? Chocolate Chip.

What’s your personal favorite Valley restaurant for pancakes?
Oh no. Too loaded. I’ll tell you after the competition is over!

Coffee or Tea with your hotcakes?
Coffee. Coffee goes with everything. Coffee makes everything better.

What inspired you to start Girl Meets Fork?
The Valley needed another food blog. Hah. Kidding. Actually I so love writing about food and hosting wacky events and I wanted a platform to express myself on.

What’s new for GMF for 2012?
Working with lots of local gourmet food producers and farmers’ markets to spark a fire under the locally produced food biz here.

What is/are your current favorite food trend?
I’m obsessed with pickling this year. Pickled tomatoes, pickled asparagus. It’s gonna be huge folks.

To read the full interview with Susie Timm, click here to our sister site Desert Living Today.