One of our minor but very real gripes about South Florida when we moved here in the late 1970s was the almost total absence of…
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Homemade Pomegranate Jelly
Ten years ago, I participated in a week-long educational program sponsored by the Mardigian Institute at St. Vartan Cathedral in NYC. The program was designed…
You never know where Armenian ingredients will turn up
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…
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…
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,…
The coffee’s still boiling over!
Our item on How To Make Armenian Coffee continues to draw interest. And the companion YouTube video continues to draw viewers — it’s far and…
The lost recipes of George Mardikian, a great Armenian chef
George Mardikian A century ago, and for centuries before that, Istanbul was a vital center of Armenian cuisine as well as Armenian culture in general….
Did you know Armenians taught the French to drink coffee?
It’s I didn’t know that until I came across a 1922 book called All About Coffee. It’s one of the many wonderful works saved from…
Why do we watch food when we could be eating?
We’re fascinated by food shows on television. Not just by the shows themselves, but by their raging popularity. Why do we love to watch other people…