Watching village women bake lavash in a sunken tonir oven is a highlight of everyone’s visit to Armenia—everyone except me, of course. I was held hostage by…
Posts tagged Armenian bread
I may go flat broke buying flat bread, but it might be worth it!
I learned this habit from my father and I’m not about to un-learn it any time soon: When I’m grocery shopping, I reach first and…
One bread, two names. Is it Bokon or Matnakash?
Bokon – or – Matnakash? Two months ago I started an all-out search for reader Devyn Egigian who was looking for a recipe for a bread called…
Matnakash, an Armenian Symbolic Bread
Whenever a reader asks for help in finding a recipe, I do my level-best to hunt one down. When Devyn asked for a bread recipe…
Armenian Independence Day
Today is the 91st anniversary of Armenia’s independence, a day we mark with bitter-sweet memories and an asterisk. The birth of the Democratic Republic of…
Banerov Hatz, a Cheese-Onion Flatbread
There is one bread that my grandmother, Yeranuhe Nanny, made that was truly outstanding — Banerov Hatz (Cheese-Onion Flatbread) — another one of her labor-of-love…
Remembering Bread Grandfather (Hatz Baboog)
As I was chatting with my sister, Dawn, we were recalling our early childhood living on the first floor of our grandparents’ home in New…
Lavash- Armenian Cracker Bread
We never heard the word lavash outside Armenian circles until just a few years ago.Now, it pops up everywhere from supermarket aisles to fast-food menus…
Savory or sweet, it’s still chorag!
Chorag is a traditional Armenian braided yeast roll. Some like sweet chorag; others a bit savory, so the recipe (and spelling) varies from household to…