My family LOVES stuffed grape leaves, (aka sarma or yalanchi) but the process of stuffing the rice filling into finicky leaves can be somewhat tedious.The…
Posts tagged Armenian cooking
Lent and Lenten Recipes
In the Armenian Church, Lent is a “time of joyfulness and purification through repentance”. The Western Church’s less-strict lenten practice excludes meat from the diet.The…
Ani Ehramjian’s Instant Pot Yalanchi (Stuffed Grape Leaves)
Four years ago, Doug asked if I’d be interested in an Instant Pot (pressure cooker) for Christmas. My ears heard ‘Crock Pot’, to which I…
Baneerov Halva (Cheese Halva)
As our close friends Barbara and Ed Dorian drove us home from the food festival at St. Mary Armenian Church a few weeks ago, we began…
Holiday Gift Ideas from the Collections of Michael Aram
Michael Aram is on the road again promoting his wildly popular collections of serving and decorative pieces, plus kitchen, bar, dinnerware, and more. His creations…
Now We’re The ‘Blessed’ Armenian Kitchen
The ‘Blessed’ Armenian Kitchen We’ve always thought of our kitchen that way, but now it’s official. We were joined recently by a small group of…
Grape leaves stuffed with brown rice: A healthy choice
Looks can be deceiving, or in this case just not very revealing. Brown rice-stuffed grape leaves What you see are stuffed grape leaves, but what…
Pan-seared lamb chops: a great way to fire up the appetite without making a big fuss
We’ve fallen out of lamb-chop love in recent years for a couple of reasons. One is the fatty, chewy and generally sub-par chops available at…
A blond guy’s attempt at Armenian chickpea salad
Armenian Chickpea Salad That was the topic line of an email I got the other day from Michael Huber, who was definitely a blond guy…
Armenian food looks just as delicious Down Under
We got a very nice email the other day by way of our YouTube.com channel from a follower in Australia. “I’ve been inspired by you…