From Christine Vartanian Datian

Christine Vartanian Datian

Christine Datian, a Fresno native, is a copywriter and technical writer who has been published in Sunset and Cooking Light Magazines for over a decade. Christine is a graduate of California State University, Fresno (CSUF) with a Master of Arts Degree in Mass Communications. She attributes her accomplishments and interests in writing and creating new recipes to her mother Alice, and her late grandmother, Mrs. Peppy Sarkisian, a native of Adana, Turkey.

“My entire family loves stuffed grape leaves (also known as sarma or yalanchi), but the process of stuffing the rice filling into finicky leaves can be tedious. The same goes[...]

“My Greek heritage has filled my heart with a deep love of cooking, and sharing those homecooked dishes with friends and family makes my heart sing. Here, on Dimitra’s Dishes[...]

LOS ANGELES — Celebrated chef and author Alice Bezjian was born in 1913 in Cairo, Egypt of Armenian parents. Her grandparents left Turkey before the Armenian Genocide. The family moved[...]

SARATOGA, CA —“This beautiful tart pairs a favorite duo, apricots and almonds, in sublime fashion,” says Lisa Prince Newman, author of For the Love of Apricots: Recipes and Memories of[...]

FRESNO — This recipe is from the late Dr. Harold H. “Buzz” Baxter’s essential international food and history website, The Gutsy Gourmet. Dr. Baxter’s website is dedicated to his beloved[...]

LOS ANGELES – On June 27, 2022, Barbara Hansen featured this recipe at TableConversation.com, her international food blog. Hansen was a James Beard award winner and one of the first[...]

“Palestinian culture revolves around food, from day to day life to weddings and celebrations, food comes into every aspect. It’s about spending time with one’s family and friends and making[...]

This recipe is courtesy of the St. John Armenian Apostolic Church in San Francisco that was founded in 1924. According to the church website, “This soup is so named because[...]

“As a young girl I would make this chorek/choreg recipe with my dear mother. She would give us a small piece of dough and we would shape it into flowers,[...]

This recipe is courtesy of the St. John Armenian Apostolic Church in San Francisco, founded in 1924. The season of Great Lent is a time of renewed devotion as we[...]

Helen Adourian is the successful blogger and entrepreneur at Mediterranean Meals for Moms. She is also a licensed cosmetologist and fashion consultant. When she married her husband John, they traveled[...]