There are times when we just don’t feel like eating meat. It might have something to do the fact that we often aren’t pleased with the…
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The ‘Arsene Sandwich’ – Grilled Cheese Spectaculaire
The ‘Arsene Sandwich’ is a specialty of Doug’s cousin, Arsene Dirkelessian. Some might call this a grilled cheese sandwich; we call it spectacular! While visiting…
Happy Father’s Day!
Robyn’s father and his famous shish kebab Father’s Day is synonymous with barbeques. Grill masters will show their stuff with menus plain and fancy. No matter…
AYF Juniors- ‘Back to the Basics’ Seminar
Jenn Taylor is the Chef/ Food Service Director at Lutherlyn, a retreat and summer camp site in western Pennsylvania which hosts Junior Armenian Youth Federation (AYF) seminars. This…
‘Chicken in a Pot’ recipe suggestion
In response to Jennifer G.’s search for a recipe for Armenian chicken in a pot with potatoes, Ara Kassabian offered the following suggestion. Now we…
Recipe Found: Noonoog, Noonook, Nunug!
When Nancy DerSimonian was looking for a recipe for Noonoog, a soup made with meat, chickpeas, mint, lemon and such, I scoured my resources. I came…
White Fish with Spinach and Lemon-Roasted Potatoes
Land-locked Armenia sits between two seas – the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea. Since Armenia has no access to either, she offers little or…
Borani, Anyone?
Whenever someone asks me to help find a lost family recipe, I can usually count on Ara Kassabian to post a recipe or an interesting…
Spinach Bulgur with Basterma
Spinach-Bulgur with Basterma A few weeks ago, Diane Aginian wrote asking for my help in finding a recipe containing spinach, bulgur and chaimen from basterma….
Gouvedge, Nashmy-Style
John and Pat Nashmy of North Jersey share the same love of Armenian-Assyrian-Middle Eastern food as we do. Pat, who is part German and part…