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Come on-a My House for New Year's Eve
on Dec 22, 2007 in Ross Bagdasarian David Seville William Saroyan Armenia holiday Christmas Rosemary Clooney New Year Chipmunks Part of every Armenian holiday celebration is an abundant table covered with delicious food. And that was the theme of the 1951 hit song Come on a My House, originally recorded (reluctantly) by Rosemary Clooney. Composed by two famous Armenian-Americ...
Number Twerve
on Jul 23, 2007Once again, here's our favorite cartoon. How hard is it for an Armenian guy like Harut to get some fast food?Harut's rap video about his visit to the khorovats store.
A Cook Is Only As Good As His Pots
on Aug 2, 2006Out of the many odds and ends that I collected as I wrote ARMENIAN FOOD: FACT, FICTION & FOLKLORE, one photograph that was not included in the book is this picture of common metal cookware used in the past by Armenian villagers. The photo comes from...
A Day of Oghormi at Nerkin Sasnashen – Honoring the Dead
on Jul 25, 2006Armenians honor their dead with symbolic offerings of food and drink. In ARMENIAN FOOD: FACT, FICTION & FOLKLORE, we describe this and other funeral customs in the chapter “Feeding the Dead.” I observed these rituals for the first time on Septemb...
Apricots, Unhappy Marriages, and the Mafia
on Jul 19, 2006Actually, I didn’t intend to write an apricot blog today. But I spoke with my folks in Armenia in a phone call, and they said, among other news, it is unbearably hot and that apricots are selling for 300 drams (about 70 cents) per kilo. This is an...
Half Full or Half Empty? Armenia’s Silver Cups
on Jul 13, 2006Being welcomed as a guest in Armenian homes was the most pleasant aspect of our book project. And it’s in those private spaces that the best of Armenia can be found. But the privacy of those beautiful, warm homes is also a troubling sign. It’s be...