Every once in a while a reader will ask for a specific recipe that stumps us. This time the request came from distinguished author, physician, and…
Posts tagged Armenian cooking
Preparing for Lent
With the approach of Lent, readers have been asking for suitable recipes.The Western Church’s less strict lenten practice excludes meat from the diet.The stricter lenten…
Poon Paregentan
Have you ever been to New Orleans during Mardi Gras? People dress in colorful, outrageous costumes, parading down the main street, or riding on exotically…
There’s nothing fishy about Armenian liver
When I was probably six or seven, my father tried to trick me into eating lamb’s liver by telling me it was Armenian fish. This…
Searching for Soorp (St.) Sarkis…. Halva, that is.
Hi Everyone, Reader Debbie Boyadjian, wrote:. “I am searching the net for a recipe for a special kind of halva that is made to celebrate…
Hoom Kufteh (Armenian Sashimi?) With VIDEO!
Tired of cooking? Here’s the ultimate uncooked Armenian delicacy. Some call it hoom kufteh, some call it chi kufteh, while others call if keyma. Armenians…
Susan Kulungian, an inspiration to us all
When my story about Herrisah/Keshkeg posted, one of the comments came from a reader listed as “andovercookiemama.” Susan Kulungian I was curious to know who this person was,…
Still Searching for that Certain Armenian Cookie Recipe- “Kahke with Yanesoun” (Anise Seed Circles with Sesame)
In early January, I offered an Armenian cookie recipe to reader Adriana, who had lost all of her recipes about 30 years ago. She said…
Eating in Aleppo: We can only imagine
Is food in Aleppo, Syria really better? We have no first-hand knowledge, but Doug’s cousin Arsene Dirkelessian told us it is — and we certainly…
Armenians Can Smell Flu Season
Garlic lovers in Armenia — for the uninitiated, that means pretty much the entire population — are suffering through a sharp spike in prices at…