I like pancakes, but prefer waffles. They’re a more fun shape, I think. I like to eat pancakes when my dad makes them from scratch, silver dollar size with real butter! – best ever!

I was on a pancake-for-lunch kick last winter, but I haven’t had them in ages! I like them best with blueberries.

Interested to hear what other people say about the lenses- I’ve been thinking of getting a new one too!

YUMMY! This makes me want to eat corn pancakes.

When I started training for my first half-marathon, I would make chocolate chip pancakes after every long run. I earned them! Chocolate chip is my favorite kind. Yum!

I LOVE pancakes. I used to be a pancake snob and only liked them homemade, but now I totally buy the mix (favorite is Trader Joe’s multigrain!) because I can easily make pancakes just for me. All I do is add water to the mix–no oil, milk, or eggs. Can’t even taste the difference!

The cheapest lens that’s good for food is the 50 mm 1.8. I have it and it’s great. The thing is it can’t take close up shots because there’s a minimum distance. But that’s what you get for $100. It also can’t zoom so sometimes it stinks for walking/traveling.

I’ve been reading the archives of your blog and I noticed you did enjoy pancakes a lot 🙂

I woke up craving pancakes this morning in the worst way! Just thought of this for the holidays… gingerbread pancakes!!

Your pictures look great!

I LOVE Pancakes and I make them different all the time. Loving Pumpkin Pancakes at the moment the most. 🙂

if you are wanting a lens for blogging (food), the one I use most often is my 35mm.

for absolutely everything else, I use my 18-200.. love it. I rarely use my 18-55.

your pancakes ALWAYS look so good! I like them, but rarely eat them!

I just made some pancakes yesterday, and finished the leftovers off this morning!

I have a great healthy recipe that involves soaking oats in yogurt and milk to soften them while you’re preparing other things, then adding spices, one tbsp of oil, whole wheat flour and other standard pancake ingredients. Yesterday morning, I substituted canned pumpkin instead of the yogurt and added walnuts, and it was heavenly with real maple syrup.

I love pancakes, but I never have them anymore! I love them with strawberries:)

Pancakes are so yummy, but I’m more of a waffle fan! I HAVE had some great pancakes this year though! Particularly Hawaiian brands with Macadamian nuts and bananas! 🙂 I love to add extra bananas on top.

I love pancakes! Today’s breakfast was actually an apple cinnamon version. Hubs is the usually pancake maker in the house since he can make giant ones without burning them. I stick to the smaller ones. The default kind is usually cinnamon.

I love pancakes. I like plain pancakes with syrup. Can’t go wrong with a classic.

Caitlin, I know you said that $$ was a factor (and I completely understand) but if now or in future you want to snoop around for deals, we’ve been shooting with the Canon 18-200mm lens (f/3.5-5.6) lens and I just can’t say enough. It’s so incredibly versatile and I don’t think we are going to need a second lens for a long, long time. We shoot everything with it. I think ours was a bit pricey ($500 or more), but it might come up much cheaper if you can find it used or get a deal. I know that’s probably a bit more than anyone wants to pay, but I just thought I would throw it out there. And I second the motion to see what’s up with your lens. I have lenses from the mid-1960’s that still look amazing, so might be worth looking into getting it fixed – if you’re interested 🙂

Heck yes I like pancakes! Made pumpkin ones yesterday – yum!

Great photos today 🙂

Those pancakes + Added pecans look nothing less than deliciously amazing. Might try that recipe some time next weekend. I usually have no time for such a breakfast during the week because of work.

Yummmm, pancakes. I never stay full when I have them, though… I guess I need to try whole wheat 😛

uh, YUM!! I just made pancakes for me and my family this saturday and they loved it! Even my little brothers, who usually aren’t a big fan of my latest cooking adventures. I used a recipe that I found online, but substituted while whole wheat flour for the all-purpose. It still rose beautifully and tasted fluffy and decadent! mmm, now I want some~ 😛

The Sigma 50 1.4 is good for portrait photography, but for food blogging, I would highly suggest the 60 mm 2.8 or 100 mm 2.8 macro lenses. For a zoom, you aren’t going to find a good zoom lens for a very reasonable price. The best standard zoom would be the Canon 24-70, and that is well over 1k. Tamron and Sigma make similar versions, but getting a sharp copy is a crap shoot.