Panelle (1982)

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  From this week's VILLAGE VOICE, "Counter Culture" by Robert Sietsema:
    
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0322/sietsema.php
The panelle special—a round seeded roll heaped with chickpea fritters, 
ricotta, and slivers of parmesan—is one of Brooklyn's great vegetarian snacks. JOE'S 
OF AVENUE U (287 Avenue U, Brooklyn, 718-449-9285) styles itself as a 
"focacceria Palermitana," a throwback to the snacking parlors of Sicily's capital. 
Enjoy a garlicky octopus salad, the eggplant relish called caponata, or a 
delightful peasant plate of boiled sausages and potatoes in a sharp tomato sauce. 
Weekends, there's pasta con sarde, the island's favorite dish of bucatini topped 
with fennel-laced sardine sauce, sided with toasted bread crumbs to provide 
thickening. 
   
    OK, OK--so my Sicily trip at the end of this Slovenia & Croatia trip was 
cancelled.  He has to rub it in?
    There are 2,550 Google hits for "panelle."  There are 28 interesting hits 
for "panelle" and "Brooklyn."
    
  
(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)
  Socca in Brooklyn; JOSEPH D. SAPIENZA; New York Times (1857-Current file), 
New York, N.Y.; Aug 23, 1998; pg. TR16, 1 pgs  
   
  $25 and Under; Eric Asimov; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, 
N.Y.; Feb 19, 1993; pg. C23, 1 pgs  
   
  Restaurants; West Side Italian old and new style. ; Mimi Sheraton; New York 
Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Nov 19, 1982; pg. C22, 1 pgs  
("Panelle e crocchette, crisp fritters and croquettes of chickpea flour, 
garnished with fried parsley, is an interesting dish, and torta di formaggio con 
polenta is exceptional.")
  
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"PHILADELPHIA FOOD" IN NEW YORK TIMES
  
   In today's NEW YORK TIMES, R. W. Apple reports on Philadelphia food such 
as hoagies, cheese steaks, water ice, pretzels, scrapple, and pepper pot.  
   The same article, done a thousand times before, and introducing nothing 
new, is the lead story.  FWIW, take a look.