Desserts & Sweets

Paklavash – Paklava made with whole wheat lavash instead of phyllo dough

When a food dilemma arises, I can count on Ara Kassabian to come to my rescue.  When I lamented about…

10 years ago

Yogurt with Honey, Sour Cherry Preserves, and Crushed Pistachios

What do you do when guests are coming for dinner, and the dessert that’s planned can’t be made because a…

10 years ago

Creamy Chickpea and Brown Rice Pie

My last physical examination revealed that it was necessary for me to change my diet by avoiding white flour, white…

11 years ago

Armenian Walnut Cake for Mother’s Day

Here’s a quick and easy recipe that I posted many years ago.It is one of my mother-in-law's go-to recipes that…

11 years ago

Stewed fruit: A traditional Armenian treat

Our recent post about sour cherries drew a comment from our frequent contributor Ara, who noted that he’d made his…

11 years ago

Anoushabour -The Official Armenian Christmas Pudding!

In order to help you prepare for Armenian Christmas on January 6th, I want to remind you all to make Anoushabour (literal…

11 years ago

Christmas Cookie Round-up

If you haven’t already started baking for the holidays, you’d better get busy! Here are five of our favorite cookie…

11 years ago

Confused about pagharch, baghaj, gata, and nazook? Perhaps this information will help…

In response to my post about the confusion surrounding pagharch, bagahj, and so on, Pam Aghababian offered her family’s interpretation…

11 years ago

HAPPY THANKSGIVING to One and All! (Apple Pie recipe included!)

What are your plans for Thanksgiving? Cooking for a crowd? dining out? visiting someone else’s home? I know this greeting…

11 years ago

Pagharch, bagharj, baghaj, nazook, katah (gata) – are they the same? Please help us decide!

According to Irina Petrosian’s definition in her book “Armenian Food: Fact, Fiction and Folklore”, bagharj is an unleavened flatbread made…

11 years ago

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