It’s common to consider crêpes as a thin pancake, but Gildas Berrou of That French Place in Charlevoix said there’s a rich history behind the staple recipe. Crêpes originated from a northwest region ...

Examination of starch grains, from 30,000-year-old grinding tools, suggests that flour was made from cattails and ferns by Stone Age cooks. Mixed with water and baked on a hard, possibly greased rock, ...