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 can still…
Browsing Category Fruits
Flavors of Autumn
Pomegranate and Pear Salad Besides pumpkins, autumn has an abundance of other fantastic flavors. Two that come to mind are pomegranates and pears. Here’s a…
Medical breakthrough: How an Armenian fruit may save the world
Pomegranates, beloved by Armenians, have been getting marvelous press all over the world in recent years for their extraordinary health-boosting properties in warding off heart disease,…
Watermelon Revisited
After recently purchasing a whopper of a watermelon, so juicy and delicious, we thought it appropriate to relive our love of this wonderful fruit. Read on… ******************************************** If…
Good News- Found quince! Bad News- It’ll cost you!
If you’ve been reading about our quest for quince, you know we found some – after a long and arduous search. GOOD NEWS: My local…
Finding quince: An Armenian culinary quest
My Candied Quince Preserves Nobody ever said that finding quince would be easy. Most supermarket produce managers don’t even know what they are, so how…
Quince: The confoundingly delicious Armenian fruit – and – a recipe for Hyvah, a quince and lamb stew
Have you ever taken a bite out of a quince? You’d remember if you did. Like olives, quince is not edible when first picked. It…
Armenia is a hot market for “cold” melons
Who doesn’t love a cold slice of watermelon on a hot summer day? We sure do — and we’d love some day to taste the…
Food fight! Americans discover that pomegranates are worth fighting over
How much do Americans love pomegranate juice? So much that the most popular brands all seem to be suing each other over the right to…
Apricot: The Armenian Plum (and Stuffed Fresh Apricots recipe)
From its deep golden-orange color and velvety skin to its sweet nectar, the apricot (Prunus armeniaca) is the most cherished fruit of Armenia. Its peak…