Crepe Batter

My favorite task in the Zingerman’s Deli kitchen was making crepes. It always happened toward the end of the shift and we made what seemed like a hundred at a time. Muscle memory is the key to a lot of skills in kitchens, and the best way to develop muscle memory is certainly to make things a hundred at a time. It takes a little while to get the temperature of the pan right—not too hot but hot enough to get a nice sizzle—but the “mistake” crepes can be eaten gleefully, slathered in butter a