Chive pancakes are a popular item on many Asian menus, from Bhutan to Beijing. They usually have some glutenous form of starch-like flour or pancake mix. But Nancy’s version, from “northern China,” ...

I’ve been getting Chinese chives at the farmers market from a vendor named Nancy. She told me how to make a pancake, as she calls it, with egg, sesame oil and her scallion-sized chives. Chive pancakes ...