Socca: A Savory Vegan Chickpea Flour Pancake That Soaks Up Flavor

I hadn't heard of socca until I stumbled on this Mark Bittman recipe in the NY Times cooking section last summer. This big savory chickpea flour pancake hails from the Southern France and Northern Italy where it's known as farinata. It's good old fashioned peasant food with an exotic sounding set of names. The first time I tried making it, I was pleasantly surprised by a) how easy it was to…