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 ...

Socca is easy to love, as I learned several summers ago when a friend made a big batch as an appetizer for a backyard party. The crispy-edged and pancake-thin slices have that sweet and nutty flavor ...

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.

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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 ...

My favorite recipes are those that open up a new lane of cooking and prompt me to imagine that lane leading in all sorts of new directions. Take the Pesto Socca Pizza I came across recently in The ...

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 ...