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Mama Makes It Better | 26.02.10 | 13:40

Armenian Halva: Quick, easy, tasty

By Gayane Mkrtchyan

The aroma of roast flour announces that halva (a paste of mainly nuts, sugar and oil) will be ready in a few minutes.

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Mama Makes It Better | 12.03.10 | 17:36

Roll Something Tasty for Fasting: Pastus tolma

Every time Sveta Sargsyan prepares pasuts tolma she tries to use all the secrets passed to her by her grandmother.

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Mama Makes It Better | 05.03.10 | 12:37

Nakhijevan’s Native Dish: The secret of kyalagosh

By Gayane Mkrtchyan

Sima Badalyan keeps her spices in a special place at her kitchen: the most valuable among them for her is dried ‘maraloty’ (herb which grows only in Nakhijevan and some parts of Vayots Dzor province).

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Mama Makes It Better | 26.01.10 | 16:12

My soup is like a red, red rose...?: Rosehip soup

By Gayane Mkrtchyan

Dried rosehip pods, large and small, randomly fill a bowl. When hot water is added, the pods immediately become red, reviving the color with which they dot countless hillsides growing wild in the Caucasus summer.

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Mama Makes It Better | 15.01.10 | 13:56

Piti: From the crock to “special fans”

By Gayane Mkrtchyan

Finding someone to prepare an Armenian ethnic dish called “piti” for this column proved harder than expected, as those approached most often said they knew how to prepare the dish, but insisted that it could only be made in a stone oven.

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Mama Makes It Better | 25.12.09 | 15:44

When bulgur wraps meat: Master class of Ishli Kufta

By Gayane Mkrtchyan

The small fists of a young woman are carefully kneading the boiled and ground bulgur, gradually adding warm water and two tablespoons of cayenne pepper.

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Mama Makes It Better | 18.12.09 | 15:30

Ghapama: Dress up the Holiday Table with an Armenian Tradition

By Gayane Mkrtchyan

Editor’s Note: Beginning with this edition, ArmeniaNow presents “Mama Makes it Better” a regular feature prepared by ArmeniaNow’s top journalist in the kitchen, Gayane Mkrtchyan. With each installment “Mama Makes it Better” will offer a traditional dish and welcomes your comments, critique and your own recipes. Make suggestions for future dishes by writing to Gayane at: gayanem@armenianow.com

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Eat some tail: Bean soup with a twist

By Gayane Mkrtchyan

The smell of bean is spread in 51-year-old Hasmik’s kitchen. While the bean is being cooked, she starts kneading dough in a bowl making something commonly known as “tail soup”. She says it is one of her family’s favorite dishes.

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Cake of peace: Armenian families welcome religious holiday with round gata

By Gayane Mkrtchyan

In Tiarn’ndaraj (Armenian Feast of the Lord’s Presentation to the Temple) Armenian families bake round gata (a pastry of Eastern origin made of flour, butter and sugar) with a special ceremony.

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Simple but Hearty: Wrap your family around Pokhindz to warm the winter

By Gayane Mkrtchyan

Pokhindz is running into the boiled and cooled water from 46-year-old Anna Manvelyan’s small fist. By her one hand she is pouring the pokhindz, and by the other hand she is mixing it with a wooden ladle.

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Nakhijevan’s Native Dish: The secret of kyalagosh

Sounds and looks so hamov. Where can I get the "Maraloty" in Yerevan? Thank you for the wonderful article!...

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