You can find savory chickpea pancakes on tables in France, Italy, Gibraltar, parts of northern Africa — and, these days, many restaurants across America. It’s easy to understand the widespread appeal.

Made with chickpea (garbanzo) flour, French socca are a cross between crepes and flatbread with a dense, nutty, bean taste. Use 1/2 cup of batter to make a thin pancake about 7 inches in diameter. For ...

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One of the best snacks in the world is to be found at Chez Marie's stand in the market in Nice. It is socca, a huge, thin chickpea-flour pancake that is served hot on pieces of paper. You eat socca ...

Last week I made socca for the first time. I didn't even know what it was a month ago but having tasted it at the Green Market Kitchen, I wanted to try it at home. Socca is a kind of pancake or flat ...

I was organizing my cupboards (shoving things aside to make room for a tin of raisins) when I came upon a bag of chickpea flour that had been pushed to the back corner. The last time I had used it was ...

I wish this were a story about strolling through a picturesque market in Nice, France, where this is a classic dish. I would love to have encountered my first taste of socca served hot out of a pan ...