Zucchini with Rice, Pine Nuts & Currants When I made cod with spinach the other day, I ended up with some leftover currants and toasted pine…
Browsing Category Vegetables
Kale and White Bean Soup
Kale and White Bean Soup Here is a hearty, healthy soup we’re sure you’ll want to add to your permanent collection. If time is not an…
Eggplant Spread
Gina Skillings Similar to our typical Armenian eggplant spread recipes, this one comes from my dear friend, Gina Skillings, a true vegetarian. I hope you’ll…
Basic Vegetable Broth
Vegetable broth ingredients Now that Lent has begun, you’re probably looking for recipes that will satisfy the dietary requirements of the season. You might even decide this…
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…
A Recipe Request from Sosie Catchatoorian… Fried Lentil Kuftehs made with Potatoes
She’s looking for a specific lentil kufta recipe (one we haven’t posted), and we need your help finding it. Please read below, and if this…
Maque Choux: Why does it taste Armenian?
I’m just the assistant around here, so I hope I can be excused for being clueless from time to time. Maque Choux For example: I…
Anginar (artichokes), anyone?
According to George Mardikian’s cookbook, “Dinner at Omar Khayyam’s”, artichokes are found in the Mediterranean region as well as all around Asia Minor. He noted that Levantines (people…
Eggplant Caviar, AKA, “Poor Man’s Caviar”
The “AZAD-HYE biz: Your Middle East Armenian Business Resource” describes Lucine Kasbarian as: “ a New Jersey-based writer and self-syndicating cartoonist whose comics have appeared in…
TURLUH, a “Mixed-Up” Vegetable Stew
Ratatouille is a popular recipe from the French region of Provence, consisting of eggplant, tomatoes, onions, bell peppers, zucchini, garlic, herbs, simmered in olive oil. It…