A highlight of our weekend in Naples, Florida last month was the sour-cherry martini I drank at a Persian restaurant. Doug’s Armenian Sour Cherry Martini…
Date Archives April 2014
Doug’s new book tells a very Armenian life story while sharing lessons learned along the way
I felt certain of the title the moment I decided to write the book: Stories My Father Never Finished Telling Me. It represents a dilemma that…
Looking for ways to use leftover Easter eggs? Read on…
Are leftover Easter eggs taking up too much space in your refrigerator? Teereet (tirit) Put them to good use in two of our tried-and-true recipes…
Easter Greetings!
As we celebrate Easter, we wish you all a glorious day! Krisdos haryav ee merelotz! Orhnyal eh harootiunun Krisdosee! Christ is risen from the dead!…
TTVEBAS – A Holy (Maundy) Thursday Armenian Recipe
Cooking enthusiast and Armenian cookbook author, Sonia Tashjian, sent me a recipe for a special food traditionally served on the last Thursday before Easter (Zadik)….
Grape leaves stuffed with brown rice: A healthy choice
Looks can be deceiving, or in this case just not very revealing. Brown rice-stuffed grape leaves What you see are stuffed grape leaves, but what…
Jingalov Hats (Lavash bread stuffed with herbs) – a Specialty from Artsakh (Karabagh)
After reading a recipe for Jingalov (Djingialov) Hats in the AGBU cookbook, “Flavors with History – Armenian Cuisine”, I thought it might be interesting to…
Two-for-One Black Bean Recipes
I have to be honest with you – I never ate black beans growing up in our American-Armenian household. Nor had I ever heard-of –…