A simple, yet direct, request was sent to me by reader, Pam: “Please send recipe for Armenian macaroni with meat, done in oven.” Before I…
Browsing Category Main Dishes
Butternut Squash – Lentil Ragout
Over the years, I’ve developed a fondness for butternut squash and like to try it in different ways. I decided to prepare a ragout combining butternut…
Green Bean (Fassoulia) and Lamb Stew
Whenever I find lamb bones or boneless stewing lamb at the meat counter, I can’t resist buying as many packages as I can (without hoarding,…
Lule Kebab ala Father Vartan Joulfayan
When my husband Doug, friends Bonnie and David, and I attended St. Mary Armenian Church Food and Music Fest in April, we feasted on some…
A Request for Satsivi – Chicken in Walnut Sauce, a Georgian recipe
Sometimes I get requests for recipes other than Armenian ones. Here is one such request: “My name is Tamara, …It is such a pleasure to…
Eating Their Way Around the World without Leaving Home
I really enjoy requests from newcomers to Armenian cuisine. One such request came from Tegan Harris of Brisbane, Australia. Tegan wrote: “I stumbled across your…
Topik – an Easy Version for Lent!
When I wrote about the Lenten appetizer “Topig” (Topik) two years ago, I linked my story to blogger Joumana’s site (TasteofBeirut.com) since she had already…
Khashlama, a newly discovered, very old Armenian recipe
Have you ever heard Khashlama (Hashlama)? I hadn’t, until recently. Khashlama, simply put, is a boiled meat dish, generally beef or lamb (or mutton, where…
Sini Kufteh (Oven-Baked Kufteh)
Baked Sini Kufteh In the past the Armenian Kitchen has prepared kufteh in two ways – heart-healthy, and kufteh deconstructed. One method we haven’t made –…
It’s Gouvedge Time!
What do you prepare when you have one pound of cooked lamb in the refrigerator, plus fresh zucchini, frozen Italian pole beans (wide, flat green…