Dancakes

Michael Jackson was the reason I fell in love with music, and ironically, is partly responsible for me becoming a pancake artist.

I moved on to Metallica when I got a little older and angstier, and later to more cerebral stuff like Elvis Costello and Fugazi. But my love for Michael Jackson’s music never left.

It’s a long story, but I became a musician/songwriter, and one of the instruments I picked up along the way was the drums. Which inadvertently got me into this weird little pancake circus I’ve been a part of for over a decade now.

Life is weird, guys. I won’t deny that a lot of my situation is a matter of happenstance and luck, but as the saying goes, “Luck is preparation meeting opportunity.” Somehow, someway, my incredibly disparate set of skills landed me right here.



Michael Jackson Juniata College

Did you think it wasn’t real?

The pancake took 2.5 hours to make, but no amount of time would have made it possible without a decade of experience behind it.

Believe it or not, this pancake, plus one from our Artist Ben Daniel and two from our Artist Emily are the first pieces of Pancake Art ever displayed as a museum exhibit. You can visit them at Ripley’s Believe it or Not! in Gatlinburg, TN.

Believe it or not, I think this pancake might have broke Dana. 🦖🥞🏛️

I’ve been working with Dana for over a decade now and this is easily one of the most 3-dimensional pancakes I’ve ever seen come off the griddle.

There’s really not much else to say, Dana and Emily’s reaction tell a better story than I ever could.

This piece, along with another from myself and two from our Artist Emily have since been freeze-dried and preserved in resin to live on as a permanent display at Ripley’s Believe It or Not! in Gatlinburg.

Y’all…. We have a T-Rex.



Ripley's Believe It or Not!
Ripley's Believe It or Not!