I first discovered Daniel Shumski and his waffle project in early 2010. He was on a mission to waffle everything that could waffle and as an devoted waffler myself, I took an interest. I watched the blog for awhile, before sending him a quick note, asking if he might be interested in a quick guest post featuring my waffle iron collection and a few of my waffle thoughts. He was and published this.
Last fall, Daniel published a book called Will it Waffle that contains more than fifty wonderful things you can waffle beyond a ladle of batter. It makes me long to leap up, pull out one of my two remaining waffle irons (an old vintage model and the Calphalon Belgium version – I gave the other old chrome model to my sister) and start cooking.
This book features ways to use your waffle iron for every meal of the day. There’s waffled french toast, sausage and hash browns for breakfast, gridded grilled cheese for lunch, waffled chicken parm for dinner, as well as salad toppers, side dishes, and desserts. If you happen to have a partner who objects to your waffle maker collection, this book will help you justify their presence in delicious fashion.
Disclosure: The copy of Will it Waffle that is pictured here is a review copy that Workman Publishing sent to me last fall when the book first came out. All my opinions remain my own.
Waffles are my favorite! I love to make BLT’s with them! xx
I live in Texas. The first time I made overnight yeast waffle batter, I got up in the morning to discover it had escaped the bowl and it was, all over the counter!
My kids love waffles! Unfortunately, they are usually of the frozen variety. But the best part is 3-4 mornings a week, my kids request waffles for breakfast and the request is accompanied by the waffle song and dance number: waaa-ffle–laaaaa-tiiii-air! It’s hilarious!
My maternal grandmother made homemade “banana” waffles, oven baked our bacon,and fresh squeezed our orange juice when we stayed overnight!
This feast was often served in bed:)
Four generations and counting,we still love and make her waffles. There was none better.
I have a friend who has notoriously bad taste in men. Whenever a relationship goes belly up she comes over for a wine and movie night and in the morning we make comfort waffles.
When we were little, my dad used to make us pancakes or waffles on Saturday mornings. He always made the batter from scratch and used the waffle iron they got when they were married. Waffles always remind me of my dad.
I’d only had waffles a few times in my entire life (!) but knew I wanted to learn to make them. Then one day at my local thrift store, I found an old Toastmaster waffle maker for two bucks, and I was in business! Not too long after that, I found a Magic Chef Belgian waffle maker at a Goodwill store and couldn’t resist the temptation. Now when I make waffles, I have two waffle makers going at the same time, and it’s always fun to see how the same recipe can come out differently depending on the style of waffle (regular or Belgian).
Canada here – when I was a kid, my parents had a real old fashioned waffle maker – this was the 1950s. Dad was an old logging camp cook so he said he could cook anything. Well he used to fry up his home cured bacon & then lay it across the waffle maker & top it with pancake mix before closing the top. We got to watch the iron as the pancake batter swelled up & pushed the top up as it cooked. When the bell rang, we watched as he opened the top. And every Sunday, we ate those waffles out of the waffle maker because Dad could make them but never figured out how to get them OUT of the waffle maker in less than 20 pieces.
I would love a waffle maker that could make them in one piece.
USA: The first cooking lab in my middle school Foods Technology class was making waffles! My group got a B because one of my partners didn’t set the table correctly. Oh well, the waffles were good, anyway.
on our wedding day, my friends and I all got ready at my parents house,and my brother, his wife and two kids were there. In addition to taking most of the wedding pictures, my brother turned out waffle after waffle and we all sat at my parents huge dining room table and had this wonderful waffle brunch. I had tried hard not to have too many specific dreams for my wedding day, knowing it would be what it would be, but that morning was exactly as I had hoped: wonderful people wandering from the living room to the dining room, in all stages of readiness, doing each other’s hair and makeup and feasting on waffles at whim. I loved it. (I’m in the US) thanks for the chance!
I’m in the US! I love liege style waffles…totally changed my view on waffles.
what a great concept for a book! I do not own a waffle maker because I think pancakes are generally as versatile as waffles, but if there was MORE I could do with a maker. . .
Every first Saturday in February, I borrow waffle irons from my in-laws so we can have waffles and ice cream for breakfast on International Ice Cream for Breakfast Day. It’s a funny winter tradition that my kids adore.
My boyfriend had been longing for a waffle maker and finally decided to get one. The first time we used it we just made basic waffle batter, learning as each spoonful of batter was poured onto the plates. As the first steaming hot, crunchy, crevasses filled with syrup waffle was devoured we looked around the kitchen to see what else we could put in the batter. Blueberries were nice with spots of soft, squishy fruit around the crunch and chocolate chips were amazing! I think we stood at the waffle maker on the counter and ate the entire bowl of batter. I love waffles and will always remember that moment any time I eat them.
I’ve had Will It Waffle checked out from the library for so long I feel like it’s mine! I need my own copy so more people can check it out and learn to waffle it! Thanks for the giveaway and Greetings from Nashville, TN USA!
Since my husband is gluten free, we hadn’t had waffles in years, but he loves them. I found a GF recipe to make for his birthday- had to get a waffle iron and everything! They turned out really well, and now we are exploring what else we can do with the waffle maker. I love that this kind of cookbook exists.
The best waffle I ever had was inspired by Elvis. Banana, peanut butter, bacon: it was incredible!
Oooos. Me! Me!
I love waffles and have never had a successful attempt at making them.
I’ve tried several borrowed waffle makers. From the ancient pre-nonstick days (that waffles had to be removed in pieces from the griddles, to the more recent non-stick ones (raw or burnt).
I just bought a Cuisinart 5 in 1 griddler for 50% off when a local big chain super market decided to leave their location and marked everything down. I bought the waffle maker plates off amazon.
I so want to make waffles. I love waffles. I even bought some belgian pearl sugar on amazon so I could use a real recipe.
Waffles were written up in Cook’s Illustrated.
I want to make waffles. I need to make waffles. I need to eat waffles.
I would really like this book.
I would love one!!!!
i love waffles, but have yet to venture much beyond the basic. would love to receive a copy of this book!
Before I discovered “Will It Waffle”, my boyfriend and I found a waffle iron at a yard sale. Normally, this wouldn’t have been a notable experience, but the seller decided to give us the iron for free simply on the basis that my boyfriend was wearing a kilt that day. What a crazy random happenstance.
I’ve made so many things in that iron, from carrot cake to personal waffle pizzas.
I had a “will it waffle?” experiment with leftover pizza for breakfast. It was amazing! I will never try to reheat pizza in the toaster oven again..
I am a US resident who would LOVE to have this book in my kitchen. My husband had to switch to a gluten free diet about 2 years ago because of a wheat allergy that was making him more and more ill after eating anything with wheat in it. Having this book would give me some great new ideas to try (he can be pretty picky about what he eats and is not a big fan of very many healthy foods), and would make cooking him new things to try really easy — we have a waffle maker sitting in our kitchen closet that we’d love to get more use out of. He has one brand of frozen GF waffle that he eats almost every morning, so I’m sure he’d like to mix it up and find something that tastes better!
My friends have been doing this for years! They need this book!
I love making waffles, but my breakfasts are usually on the run. I would love to have more ways to use the waffle iron during other points in the day.
I love waffles and can’t wait to try waffling something else – just need to decide what to start with…. (I live in Canada).
My niece got me a Mickey Mouse waffle maker while I was in Florida visiting and now whenever I make waffles in it I am reminded of her 🙂
I did recently scored a vintage cast iron waffle maker and base and am in the process of cleaning it up. I’m so excited! I’ve been looking for one (reasonably priced) for years!
USA – I remember mom making square cornmeal waffles to serve as base for chipped beef gravy instead of toast! These days, we have square & Belgian waffle makers. I was quite excited to see the ‘will it waffle’ blog turn into a book.
Also, La Quinta hotels in Texas have rotating waffle-makers that make Texas-shaped waffles!!
US
I inherited my grandmother’s antique waffle iron…..with a braided cloth covered electric cord. I am always scared to plug it in, but it makes the best waffles!
US resident here – one of my boys’ favorite things about family trips is the hotel continental breakfast that includes waffles made on those super-cool rotating waffle makers. I just saw in my BHG magazine that Osterizer has them, & I am not sure if I should buy one for home or keep benefitting from the occasional hotel perk.
I don’t think I have any waffle stories! I did very much love the waffle blog (and his previous blog, Fruit Slinger!), and have been wanting this book since he first announced it.
My sis gave me a waffle iron last Christmas and I love it. I make chocolate-chip waffles all the time, and I’ve also made waffle hash browns, Devils food cake waffles, and my own version of fa-waffels. Would love this book!
Had a blackout and all we had to eat was leftover waffles I had made in the morning. It was the best thing, sitting quiet in the dark eating waffles.
When my daughter was in grade together the book Everything on a Waffle by Paula Horvath. It had some great recipes that went together with each chapter adventure. My daughter is 20 now, and I would love to surprise her with this book!
Canada. My waffle.iron is sadly underutilized. Chocolate nut waffles are my favorite when I do bring it out.
US: Waffles! I recently pulled out my Waffle maker because I realized I hasn’t used it in over a year. In order to save it from the Goodwill pile, I spent a whole week just making waffles. Waffles with peaches were my favorite, but Waffle sandwiches will pulled pork were a close second! I’d love to learn all the other options too!
My girlfriend and I made the waffled croque madames from the Will it Waflle site with Croissant dough, it was amazing.
From the US.
I fell in love with waffling the first time that I made my own waffles at a hotel.
I’m in Canuckland (Canada)! When I was a kid, we’d get waffles with strawberries & ice cream as a special treat. Soooooo decadent & yummy!!
my niece and nephew were visiting and I made waffles for breakfast, but I used a new recipe, and it overflowed, all over the counter, the cabinets, and the floor. oops! but the waffles were delicious 🙂 and I’m in the US
We love to waffle and my 9 year old thinks that breakfast waffles make much better finger food than knife and fork food so they are usually eaten out of hand by her as soon as they are cool enough to touch. We’ve got pumpkin waffle fixings lined up for tomorrow. We would be over the moon to receive Daniel’s book – thanks for the chance! (USA)
That looks like a fantastic book! My husband loves waffles…I’d love to go to Belgium to try some there 🙂
My mom made the best waffles! She always made them for my grandmother’s birthday. We have pictures of my gran in front of a stack of waffles with candles ready for her to blow out.
I would love to try the Fawaffle. Two of my favorite foods put together – waffles and falafel.
We had waffles most Sunday mornings when I was growing up. My mom had the Joy of Cooking recipe memorized and we loved mixing the batter with her. We had a really old waffle iron that had small (not Belgian style) holes. I’ve since gotten used to Belgian waffles, but it took me a long time to adjust. I have such wonderful memories associated with waffles. (I’m in the U.S. Thanks for the giveaway!)
My son gave me a waffle iron for Christmas. He is studying in Belgium and has fallen in love with waffles. Sorry to say, the waffle iron is still in the box. I need to get proficient with it before he comes home for the summer.
I love waffles! This book is so exciting to me. When we bought a house it didn’t come with appliances. We moved in before the delivery day so our meal couldn’t involve a stove or oven. So we had waffles. It was very sweet.
My dad did not like to cook but he would cook waffles every Sunday morning before church for all of us kids. I have fond memories of him standing over our old waffle iron with the little squares. USA
I was lucky enough to support Daniel’s kickstarter for his local food/jam blog (pre-waffling fame) and receive a 1/2 pint of sour cherry preserves from him in Chicago. Congrats to him on publishing and I’ll make a sour cherry topped waffle to celebrate 🙂
I love in te US and would LOVE this book! I’ve been hearing about it and it seems very cool. I really want falafel waffles!
Everybody eats green-tinted Irish Cream Waffles with stout-maple syrup on St. Patrick’s Day, don’t they? 🙂 Anyway, it’s a tradition in my house. Imagine what I could do with this book??
One time, my wife made waffles with sugar pearls. They were yummy.