Lamb and Mango Stew The best part of mango season here in Florida is the end, when the ripe fruit tumbles from the trees and spreads across lawns…
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The judges didn’t quite flip over our Armenian lamb burgers
Frankly, we’re feeling a little sheepish these days. Our video didn’t win the American Lamb Board’s annual grilling contest. But we did finish second. Runner…
Sweet summer relief! Rose-water and Tamarind coolers.
Sweet drinks satisfy a summer thirst better than anything. It’s true the world over. In the American South, sweet tea is the favorite antidote for…
An apricot shortage leaves Armenia with the pits
A friend who grew up in California mentioned the other day that his folks had an apricot tree in the back yard. He went on…
Watermelon Revisited
After recently purchasing a whopper of a watermelon, so juicy and delicious, we thought it appropriate to relive our love of this wonderful fruit. Read on… ******************************************** If…
Fresh Yogurt and Honey -sweet, creamy and cool: What more is there?
Robyn’s post the other day about the delights of yogurt in summer brought to mind another simple favorite — madzoon with honey. I remember my father’s…
“Classic Armenian Recipes”: another cookbook discovery
You know how I love cookbooks, and that Doug and I are now writing articles for the AGBU’s newly-launched online Ararat magazine, right? I recently…
A little rain (or even a lot) can’t keep us from getting fired up!
We just had to share this picture. That rain-soaked blur is Bonnie Gross, a great friend of ours and of this blog. Bonnie, who teaches…
Can our lamb burgers stand the heat of battle?
Last summer, we cooked up a plan to teach Americans a thing or two about lamb but wound up with egg on our face instead….
Keeping Cool with Madzoon (plain yogurt)
With summer temperatures rising all across the globe, we thought we’d offer three of our favorite cool and refreshing madzoon recipes – no cooking required!…