I can’t help myself. Whenever I see a grocery store item that’s boasting ‘Buy-One-Get-One-Free’, aka BOGO, I’m going to cave-in and buy it. Such was…
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Our South Carolina Home Blessing
It’s official! Doug and I are now legal residents of South Carolina, and, we have been welcomed into the Armenian community in the Carolinas. What…
Memorial Day… a day of Thanks and Reflection
As you light up your grills this Memorial Day, please be mindful of the reason we celebrate this day – to honor and thank the…
Sulkhamud, or Sour Spinach and Rice, a Lenten Recipe
Pat and John Nashmy have been sharing their Assyrian family recipes with The Armenian Kitchen for a long time. During our recent move,…
Braised Lamb Shanks with Vegetables
We’re finding it harder and harder to find American lamb. So, when Doug and I were strolling through the meat department at BJ’s, we were…
Spinach – Stuffed Baby Bella Mushrooms
I couldn’t resist buying an over-sized box of gorgeous baby Portobello mushrooms the other day. I figured mushrooms always cook-down in recipes, so this giant…
Spinach, Sorrel and Rice Soup
I became enamored with aveluk, wild sorrel, after having dined on aveluk soup in a restaurant in Yerevan in 2015. Aveluk grows wild on the hillsides…
Americans call it okra, we call it Bamiya. I call it delicious. My wife thinks I’m nuts.
Doug’s Home-cooked Bamiya Okra was frequent fare at our house when I was growing up, and I loved it. I’ve since learned that I have…
Slow Roasted Tomatoes with Za’atar
Flashback to the 1950’s: When we were very young, my sister and I would accompany our mother, grandmother, and aunt to the farmer’s market in…
Vegetable Gouvedge – an Armenian comfort food!
Doug and I are just back from a 14-day transatlantic cruise. We left from Fort Lauderdale, FL’s Port Everglades (a short 40-minute drive…