Douglas Kalajian

A day of sadness and hope

Easter Lilies - Google image As a kid, I always found Easter to be a confounding holiday. I couldn't reconcile…

14 years ago

The Perfect Pilaf (video!)

Confession: I'm a pot peeker. At least, I used to be. For many years, my pilaf-making was hampered by my…

14 years ago

A fun Armenian sing-along!

What could be more fun than singing about fruit and vegetables? OK, we don't do that very often -- but…

14 years ago

The Greedy Sparrow

We're excited to share the news about a new book by our gifted correspondent and friend, Lucine Kasbarian. It's called…

14 years ago

A legacy of migration: Armenian food with an Indian twist

A friend recently shared this video from the Web site of IBN, CNN's partner in India.  It's an extended report…

14 years ago

Armenians were toasting history before it was history

    More fascinating discoveries just keep on emerging from caves in Armenia.     Researchers at UCLA and Oxford have confirmed that…

14 years ago

Happy New Year To All!

For Armenians in America, New Year's Day is a joyously unambiguous holiday. Most of us celebrated Western Christmas on Dec.…

14 years ago

How long do leftovers last? 5,900 years may be stretching things

Every day must seem like Christmas morning for archaeologists in Armenia. Recent discoveries include the world's oldest shoe, the world's…

14 years ago

Want to be healthy as well as calm? Eat like an Armenian!

It's not hard to imagine that Americans were a bit jittery in April 1918.  The world was at war, and…

14 years ago

In our house, Thanksgiving was an Armenian holiday — and so were all the rest

Kalajian dinner party, 1960s Like any other American family's table, ours overflowed on Thanksgiving -- and a golden-brown turkey was…

14 years ago

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