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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...