Recipes

FRESNO — Alice Vartanian, a resident of Fresno and a native of Lowell, Mass., was featured in the Fresno Bee’s Central Valley Magazine in December 2014. Her family’s favorite classic[...]

  By Christine Datian Ingredients: 8 cups low-sodium chicken or beef broth 2 cups water 2 medium carrots, diced 2 stalks celery (and top greens), diced 2 medium zucchini, peeled,[...]

FRESNO — Family recipes from Christine Vartanian Datian of Las Vegas and her mother, Alice Vartanian, of Fresno are featured in the current Fresno Bee November 2014 Flavors Magazine. Datian, a Fresno native, is[...]

  What is Thanksgiving without pilaf? From her Armenian mother Alice Vartanian of Fresno, and grandmother, Pepay Sarkisian from Lowell, Mass. and Los Angeles, Christine Vartanian Datian learned how to[...]

By Christine Vartanian Datian Inspired by friends who adore Mexican flavors, Christine Vartanian Datian decided to reinvent traditional Middle Eastern tabbouleh with Southwestern spices. After substituting cilantro for parsley and[...]