Have you had a chance to make our recipe for homemade yogurt? or Sita Jebelian’s microwave oven method for making yogurt? No? It doesn’t matter. You can still…
Posts tagged Armenian food Armenian recipes
Learning to live in a world of food without common scents
As a boy, I could always tell I was in an Armenian home even with my eyes closed because I could smell the onions. Onions…
Walnut-Olive Relish
An interesting request came my way: “I stumbled across your very informative blog as I was searching for a condiment I’ve heard of that is…
‘Chicken in a Pot’ recipe suggestion
In response to Jennifer G.’s search for a recipe for Armenian chicken in a pot with potatoes, Ara Kassabian offered the following suggestion. Now we…
Recipe Found: Noonoog, Noonook, Nunug!
When Nancy DerSimonian was looking for a recipe for Noonoog, a soup made with meat, chickpeas, mint, lemon and such, I scoured my resources. I came…
Liana Aghajanian shares enthusiasm for Armenian food and for journalism
For thirty-some years, I was a journalist of the old school. I worked in crowded, smoke-filled newsrooms, shouting into the telephone over the clatter of…
Pat and John Nashmy’s Easter Chorag
Just in time for Easter, John and Pat Nashmy of northern NJ were kind enough to share their special chorag recipe which they have adapted…
Sri Lankan Love Cake
Sri Lankan Love Cake I love paklava, boorma, and the usual Armenian desserts. In my previous post, I shared my traditional paklava recipe. But I wanted…
Paklava – Traditional Style
Easter is the celebration of the Resurrection of Christ. After observing Lent for 40 days and 40 nights, we’ve earned the right to enjoy some…
The Perfect Pilaf (video!)
Confession: I’m a pot peeker. At least, I used to be. For many years, my pilaf-making was hampered by my natural curiosity as well as…