“A friend brought this colorful hummus board to my house for a party, and it became the instant star of the evening — my guests raved about it, and it[...]

Welcome to Coley Cooks. Enjoy hundreds of time-tested, authentic recipes created by the very talented Nicole Gaffney, a former private chef who is inspired by her Italian family and their[...]

“Growing up in the Mediterranean city of Port Said, my early years were filled with sweet memories of visiting the local Souq (market) with my father, gathering things from just-caught[...]

TROY, N.Y.  — “Growing up in Troy with an Armenian father and a non-Armenian mother, boiled chicken and pilaf was a staple meal in our home,” writes author Dawn Essegian[...]

Gena Hamshaw is a registered dietitian nutritionist, recipe developer, and  the author of Food52 Vegan (2017) and Power Plates (2018). She shares vegan recipes on her blog, The Full Helping,[...]

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — “In our family, chemen (or chaimen) was used to flavor more foods than just basterma (or basturma),” said Nancy Horasanian Kazarian. Her family recipe for chemen was[...]

This recipe at The Mediterranean Dish by Persian-British recipe developer Mersedeh Prewer is for a traditional Persian stew, with fall-off-the-bone tender chicken cooked in a rich, sweet and sour pomegranate[...]

This recipe from The Armenian Kitchen’s Robyn and Doug Kalajian for Detroit-Style Meat Boregs is adapted from a recipe by Dolly Matoian at St. John’s Women’s Guild in Southfield, Mich.[...]

BEIRUT — Hasmig Ouzounian Babahekian was born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1942, and passed away on January 2, 2024 at the age of 81. Hasmig’s parents were the late Joseph[...]

“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[...]