RE: Re: Hello from a new member (Oakland)

[Guest guest]

Socca Oven is in the new gourmet food

court a couple of buildings up from Chez Panisse on Shattuck, before you get to

Black Oak Books but on the same side of the street.

Connie

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of piglet95037

Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006

11:52 PM

Subject: [ ] Re: Hello

from a new member (Oakland)

Hi and welcome. I don't know Socca Oven...please tell!

Carla

PS Pancakes made with Pamela's are my favourite thing ever!

[Guest guest]

I could not get to the recipe in Sunset –

perhaps one has to be a subscriber?  But I have made soccas myself after a

visit to the Socca Oven.

Socca Batter

1 c garbanzo flour

1 c water

½ tsp salt

Mix – This should be a batter the consistency

of crepe batter.  If too thick add more water.  If you use it thick the result

will be thicker and will not be crispy, but all this is a matter of taste.

Pour into greased round cake pan or larger

lipped round pan (cake pans make great individual servings if the dough is

thin, can be shared by 2 people if thick).  Bake on high (400 degrees F or

more) until brown and crispy if thin (maybe 10 minutes depending on your oven) ,

or lower (350 degrees F) until does not cling to knife in the middle if thicker.

Top with your choice of

seasonings/toppings (pizza ones or leftover meats and veggies or any previously

cooked foods and fresh herbs).  Slide back in the oven until hot or browned or

as you like it.

Take out of the pan, top with aioli or

mayonnaise or barbeque sauce or what ever fits with the topping.

Cut in wedges and eat with a salad.

Check the soccaoven.com site for

suggestions on toppings.

Connie

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of centsible4today

Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006

3:43 PM

Subject: [ ] Re: Hello

from a new member (Oakland)

Here's the website for Socca Oven:

http://soccaoven.com/index.php

I just read about them in the latest issue of Sunset Magazine. Their

menu consists entirely of chickpea flour " pancakes " topped with a

wide

variety of items-veggies, fish, chicken, even lamb. Everything is

gluten, wheat, dairy, yeast and sugar free! I need to take a drive to

Berkely...

Here's an older article from Sunset with a picture and recipe:

http://www.sunset.com/sunset/food/article/0,20633,688054,00.html

Yum!

--- In ,

" piglet95037 " <csilverstein@...>

wrote:

>

> Hi and welcome. I don't know Socca Oven...please tell!

>

> Carla

>

> PS Pancakes made with Pamela's are my favourite thing ever!

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks to everyone for the warm welcomes and all the ideas! What a huge relief to discover I'm not alone and there are people to talk to about resources / restaurants / etc. I appreciate it so much.Socca Oven is so fabulous, I went there last weekend. The " cheesecake " at Cafe Gratitude right down the street from there is to die for (vegan, raw, dairy-free, wheat-free and soy-free! wow!)

I just got SERIOUSLY glutened at Picante last night, which for those who don't know is a really tasty Mexican restaurant in Berkeley.Connie, your suggestions were AWESOME especially since some of those restaurants are places I already love! (for instance, Saysetha). I am loving " I Can Eat That " bread from the freezer section at Berkeley Bowl.

I also just discovered a new yummy GF snack at PIedmont Grocery - " Lesser Evil " flavored kettle corn. All natural, GF, and on sale 2 for $5. The cinnamon and peanut-butter/chocolate are really good and they're way lower calorie than most sugary sweets.

[Guest guest]

Two places my husband and I just ate at

over the weekend:

Bistro Liaison (call ahead, and be ready with

your list of questions, but the staff is very helpful & knowledgeable –

they even asked if we wanted bread at the table because of my condition –

meaning they assumed not, but just wanted to check)

Café Gratitude.  ½ block from Bistro Liaison. 

We went there for dessert because Bistro had just changed their dessert menu,

so there was nothing I could eat for dessert (they had mango sorbet, but I HATE

mango – with a passion.  ALL Café Gratitude’s desserts are GF. 

They said the only gluten containing thing in their restaurant is a soy based sauce. 

Other than that they said everything is GF.  Our waitress was a fellow celiac.

Both places come highly recommended.

Lil

P.S.  Welcome to the list Isaiah!

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of seamaiden399

Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 1:10

PM

Subject: [ ] Re: Hello

from a new member (Oakland)

Hi there Isaiah! Just wanted to say, thanks for

posting! I'm looking

forward to trying Socca Oven, thanks to your post. Since you seem to

be in the Berkeley

area, I thought I would mention that I've enjoyed

eating the rice noodles at Slurp, but you might want to ask them

about CC issues. Happy GF eating!

-

>

> Hi all,

> My name's Isaiah. I'm a 25 year old woman living in lovely Oakland,

> CA, who just found out that in addition to all my other health

> problems (fibromyalgia, IBS, torn lumbar discs, etc) I may have Celiac

> Disease.

> Going GF has been hard in some ways, but it's leading me to wonderful

> discoveries like Socca Oven (yum) and Cafe Gratitude (the

" cheesecake "

> is out of this world) in Berkerley, and eating healthier in general.

> I guess my #1 reason for joining this list is figuring out what local

> restaurants I can eat at!

>

> Isaiah

>

[Guest guest]

Ah, cooking on top of the stove and then

broiling – another method! The onions would be good too.

Connie

From:

[mailto: ] On Behalf Of centsible4today

Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 4:10

PM

Subject: [ ] Re: Hello

from a new member (Oakland)

Maybe this link will work. I didn't have to subscribe

to view it. Hope

it works:

http://food.sunset.com/sunset/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe & recipe_id=523438

> >

> > Hi and welcome. I don't know Socca Oven...please tell!

> >

> > Carla

> >

> > PS Pancakes made with Pamela's are my favourite thing ever!

> >

>