Manti - A recipe from Chef Justin Aprhamian
My local grocer carries a brand of ground lamb I hadn’t seen before … Strauss American Lamb. As soon as I got home, I checked online to find out more about the company. Along with their product...
View ArticleGrape leaves stuffed with brown rice: A healthy choice you can enjoy without...
Brown rice-stuffed grape leaves Looks can be deceiving, or in this case just not very revealing. What you see are stuffed grape leaves, but what you can’t see is what’s inside. It’s always a...
View ArticleEaster 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! Blessed is the resurrection of Christ!
View ArticleDoug's new book tells a very Armenian life story while sharing lessons...
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 will be familiar to many Armenian-Americans born after...
View ArticleThe buzz is all about sour cherries -- and it's one heck of a buzz!
A highlight of our weekend in Naples, Florida last month was the sour-cherry martini I drank at a Persian restaurant. I was about to order something prosaic when I spotted the description on the drink...
View ArticleStewed fruit: A traditional Armenian treat
Armenian Stewed Dried fruit Our recent post about sour cherries drew a comment from our frequent contributor Ara, who noted that he’d made his own sour cherry preserves. That got me thinking: It’s...
View ArticleWhat's the Armenian word for "Brown Rice"? Nobody seems to know exactly.
Brown Rice (image from Wikipedia)
View ArticleIn Loving Memory of Aunt Arpie Vartanesian
Our Aunt Arpie passed away at age 89 on June 29th, and we miss her terribly. The phrase "our aunt" probably sounds a little odd coming from a husband and wife, but she truly was ours without...
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