Before turning my thoughts to Lenten recipes, I wanted to make this moist, spicy muffin recipe I’d been saving for a while. It goes great…
Sonia Tashjian celebrates the foods of Dikranagerd, helping preserve culture and memories
We’ve all experienced a rush of emotion while eating foods familiar from our childhood. For immigrants, especially those who escaped misery, this experience can be…
Mshosh, Lentils and Dried Fruit from Lena Tashjian
Ever since my copy of Lena Tashjian’s ‘The Vegan Armenian Kitchen Cookbook’ arrived last week, I’ve been carefully studying every recipe. I already make a…
‘Armenian Blistered Eggplant Dip’, aka Baba Ghanoush or Moutabal – a Lenten recipe
Back in December we were pleased to see a recipe for ‘Armenian Blistered Eggplant Dip’ by Dayana Sarkisova in the Washington Post. Why did this…
Khash: Hangover Cure?
‘A Brief History of Khash, Armenia’s Love-It-or-Hate-It Hangover Cure’ a story by Benjamin Kemper, and ‘Khash’, a recipe by Samvel Hovhannisyan originally appeared in Smithsonianmag.com…
A Special Guest Post: A New Holiday, or any-time-of-year, Cocktail: The Armenian Manhattan!
Ron’s ‘Armenian Manhattan’ My name is Ron, I’m the son-in-law of the authors of this blog. My other qualifications for receiving this special assignment include…
Some Traditional Armenian recipes to serve in celebration of the New Year and Armenian Christmas!
Just when you thought the excessive, festive eating and drinking was behind you, a new year (and a new decade) – plus Armenian Christmas follow…
The Blessing of Pomegranates
Today, many Armenian Churches are performing a fairly new tradition – blessing pomegranates. Our Blessed Pomegranate When and how did this begin? A few years…
A Quick and Easy Simit Recipe
Our freezer is beginning to overflow with goodies I’ve been preparing in advance for our up-coming Christmas celebrations. I’ve already made – and froze – lule…
A Chorag Recipe from the Holy Trinity Armenian Church Cookbook
Over the past few months, I’ve posted several recipes from the “Armenian and Selected Favorite Recipes” cookbook published by Fresno’s Holy Trinity Armenian Apostolic Church…