An anonymous request came in for an unnamed recipe with a description that was unfamiliar to me. Please review the reader’s request, and my reply. Adapazari…
Browsing Category Desserts & Sweets
It’s Pumpkin Time!
Reader Karen emailed me a newsletter from the Seroonian Armenian Community Center, (outside of Philadelphia, PA.) which read: “Come to the Seroonian Armenian Community Center…
‘My Uncle Rafael’ – The Movie; ‘Nazook’ – and -The Dessert
Movie Review by Douglas Kalajian We’re often the last to see films that everyone else has already forgotten. It’s a bit embarrassing when the film…
‘Agra Hadig’, another Armenian tradition – or is it?
Is the tradition of ‘Agra Hadig’ Armenian, or one that Armenians have adopted? That’s the question I’m trying to answer for Dan Stepanian-Bennett. Dan came…
A Simple, Refreshing, Anytime (Madzoon, aka Yogurt) Dessert
Have you had a chance to make our recipe for homemade yogurt? or Sita Jebelian’s microwave oven method for making yogurt? No? It doesn’t matter. You…
Easy Roejig (Rojik) a.k.a ‘Sweet Soujuk’ – is that even possible?
I love roejig (aka ‘sweet soujuk’), a traditional Armenian candy made from walnuts which are strung on long strings and thickly coated in fruit syrup….
Agra Hadig, another Armenian Tradition
When asked what the significance was of “Agra Hadig”, I scoured my resources. A vague recipe, and very little information was all I found. Doug…
Hassa – Our Family’s Recipe for Christenings
Our family is happy to announce the start of a new generation! Our nephew and his wife had a darling baby boy recently, and we…
Lenten Peanut Butter Balls
I have been remiss in posting Lenten desserts, so here’s a truly simple, tasty, and relatively healthy choice to satisfy your sweet tooth. This no-bake…
St. Sarkis Day, January 26th, 2013
Thank goodness for email! My dear friend Sonia Tashjian reminded me that tomorrow is St. Sarkis Day. If you haven’t baked kumba cake or made…