Since the temperature has been on the rise, I’ve been focusing on using the oven and stovetop less often by preparing recipes which keep the…
Browsing Category Grain & Legumes
Bulgur Salad with Pistachios and Currants
Bulgur has a zillion uses in Armenian cuisine. In our home, bulgur, in its varying sizes, is combined with any number of ingredients to create many…
White Bean, Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato Plaki
Meat was a luxury menu item when my mother was growing up, so legumes and grains were commonplace fare in their household. You might say…
Coriander – Crusted Fish with Chickpea – Artichoke Salad
Some folks eat fish during Lent, others refrain from it. If you are a Lenten fish-eater, you might want try Coriander – Crusted Fish with…
Reader Feature: KHEYMA – Ourfatsi-style from the family of Ara Kassabian
Ara Kassabian is one of my go-to people for certain Armenian recipes. A few years ago, he shared several Lenten- appropriate recipes with The Armenian Kitchen in the comment…
Holiday Mushroom, Celery, and Walnut Pilaf
When Christine Datian gets in the kitchen, there’s no stopping her. She just contacted me with her latest recipe, ‘Holiday Mushroom, Celery, and Walnut Pilaf‘,…
Quinoa with Pomegranate and Pistachios – A Gluten-free Thanksgiving recipe from Stanley Tucci
Did you ever see the movie, “Big Night” with Stanley Tucci and Tony Shalhoub? It was released in 1996, and to this day is one…
A Successful Ghapama Day at St. David Armenian Church, Boca Raton, FL!
After much hard work and anticipation, Yeretsgin Anna and her team of devoted Armenian School-Sunday School mothers, put together a most enjoyable array of refreshments…
Calling all Kharpertsis – or anyone else who might know …
Roxanne, a reader from Connecticut, sent me an urgent request: She wrote, “My mom is desperate to find a recipe to make tatchoun – a powder she…
TARKHANABOUR – A specialty soup recipe from Sonia Tashjian
Recipes keep rolling in from my food-friend, Sonia Tashjian. This time Sonia sent me a recipe called “TARKHANABOUR”, (Tarkhana Soup) another specialty of Musa Dagh….