When a food dilemma arises, I can count on Ara Kassabian to come to my rescue. When I lamented about having to forego some of…
Browsing Category Desserts & Sweets
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 key ingredient is unavailable? Come…
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 rice, white sugar … basically…
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 was, and still is, enjoyed…
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 own sour cherry preserves. That…
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 translation – ‘sweet soup’). I…
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 recipes for you to consider…
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 on the recipe names in…
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 is 2 days early, but…
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 without salt. As this recipe’s…