We took a few unexpected twists and turns on our Northern drive this summer, including an unplanned visit with our friends David and Jane Kinney…
Homemade Basterma – a Labor of Love
Not everyone is fortunate enough to have a Middle Eastern store nearby to purchase ready-to-eat favorites. Just ask reader Mario of Queensland, Australia. He requested…
Love chocolate? Head for Armenia now!
I always thought of chocolate as Armenian when I was growing up because it was probably my mother’s favorite food. “Chocolate gives you energy,” she’d…
Is Pomegranate juice not so wonderful after all?
A few weeks ago, Doug posted an item about the medical breakthrough of the pomegranate. Now we learn that POM, a major producer of pomegranate products, is being…
A banner day for Armenians in the Catskills
We recently visited the Woodstock Artists Association & Museum in Upstate New York to see the first-ever major exhibit of works by the late but…
Marian Amiraian’s Yogurt Soup (Tahnabour)
Tahnabour (Yogurt Soup) Sometimes we’re lucky enough to be in the right place, at the right time. Recently, neighbor Marian Amiraian called to say her children…
Armenians in China? You bet!
Armenians are everywhere – even China. About 200 Armenians are living and working in China – a VERY tiny minority considering China’s population of over…
Armenian Honey Cakes
Author Jane Haddam Have you ever heard of Oldways – a nonprofit in Boston interested in helping people learn to enjoy foods related to the…
If it’s an egg, does that mean it’s breakfast?
Except for her delicious parsley-and-onion eggs, my mother usually favored a plain omelet. Nothing but beaten eggs cooked in butter until slightly brown, then flipped and…
Medical breakthrough: How an Armenian fruit may save the world
Pomegranates, beloved by Armenians, have been getting marvelous press all over the world in recent years for their extraordinary health-boosting properties in warding off heart disease,…