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Swiss Chard Pancakes | The Splendid TableThe Splendid TableThe Splendid TableAmerican Public Media

Swiss Chard Pancakes | The Splendid TableThe Splendid TableThe Splendid TableAmerican Public Media

My friend Didier Frayssou, a wine master who can match any dish to its soul-mate wine, has a quality I adore in French men: a sophisticated palate and a love of his mom's home cooking. I don't think I'd known him five minutes before he started telling me about his mother's farçous, a type of crepe or galette that's loaded with greens, most especially Swiss chard. Didier comes from Laguiole in the Auvergne, but farçous are a staple throughout Southwest France, where all the moms have their own way of making them.