‘Bread is the Staff of Life’. Who hasn’t heard that phrase before? Life-sustaining Armenian breads come in various shapes, sizes, textures, and tastes.The most notable…
Posts tagged lavash
Coloring Easter Eggs- Armenian Style
It’s never too early to start planning for Easter – arranging baskets of treats for the children, baking plenty of chorag, your favorite lavash, making…
‘A Taste of the Wild Side: Out of Yerevan and into Armenia’s Local Dishes’: a most-interesting article and video!
Last March, Doug and I were contacted by Rebecca Wall, PhD, Program Officer of Research and Communications with the Smithsonian Institution. Rebecca was, as she…
Armenia’s cultural profile is rising along with its bread thanks to a new international partnership
Watching village women bake lavash in a sunken tonir oven is a highlight of everyone’s visit to Armenia—everyone except me, of course. I was held hostage by…
Tigran Shahverdyan, Scientist, Entrepreneur, and BBQ master!
Tigran Shahverdyan It always starts with a simple request. This one came on June 27th from Tigran Shahverdyan, a scientist/entrepreneur from Moscow, Russia, who is…
Homemade Basterma – a Labor of Love
Not everyone is fortunate enough to have a Middle Eastern store nearby to purchase ready-to-eat favorites. Just ask reader Mario of Queensland, Australia. He requested…
Recipe Search: “Bokon”, a thicker version of Lavash
Reader Devyn is looking for a bread recipe called bokon (boccone). The spelling might not be exact, so searching through cookbooks and the internet has been a…
Hye Quality Bakery Opens eStore
I love the internet! Without it, how else would I have learned that the Hye Quality Bakery in Fresno has just started an e-store? Hye…
Lavash- Armenian Cracker Bread
We never heard the word lavash outside Armenian circles until just a few years ago.Now, it pops up everywhere from supermarket aisles to fast-food menus…
Psssst…This stock never loses its value!
Wasting food is not an option these days. Fortunately, it never was an Armenian trait. As in most Old World cultures, Armenians practiced frugality out…