But it was raining. My bike got a flat tire. Suddenly, all I wanted was the upside down hog cakes from the St. Francis Soda Fountain.

Bacon. Cheddar. Green onion. It goes against the nature of what a pancake should be. It is the exact opposite of light and fluffy.

And yet, here we are pancakes. You and I.

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H.R. Smith has reported on tech and climate change for Grist, studied at MIT as a Knight Science Journalism Fellow, and is exceedingly fond of local politics.

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