Topic: Omar Khayyam Restaurant

SAN FRANCISCO — “George Mardikian (1903-1977) channeled the pain and hunger from his survival of the Armenian Genocide: He went from a dishwasher to a world-famous San Francisco restaurant owner[...]

U.S. War Food Administration – from 1945 WAR FOOD ADMINISTRATION WASHINGTON  25. D. C. OFFICIAL BUSINESS Date: 2/9/1945 “Compiled especially for CONSUMER TIME listeners by San Francisco’s famous chef. Mr.[...]

SAN FRANCISCO — Shake Antaramian, 85, a former employee at Sloat Garden Center in San Francisco makes this traditional Armenian recipe for her family, and says it is one of[...]

SAN FRANCISCO — The chef who brought shish kebab to America escaped from a Turkish prison first. At 15, George Mardikian ran away from home to join an Armenian guerrilla[...]

Shake Antaramian, a former long-time employee at Sloat Garden Center in San Francisco, has made this traditional Armenian Dolma (Sarma) recipe for decades. It was adapted from Dinner at Omar[...]