High in the mountains, if to climb above Dilijan in the direction of Alaverdi, there's located a small village named Fioletovo. Russian Old Believers, who were expelled from Russia in czarist days, live here. And I think their descendants are not very upset about this, since it's a great luck to live in such a [...]
I often cook pastry with my son. We usually work in a kind of tandem. He loves to play with dough, and I like to eat it all. Rum Baba Recipe Save Print Recipe type: Baking Cuisine: French Cuisine Ingredients Dough ingredients: 150 g flour 6 g fresh (pressed) yeast 65 g milk 2 [...]
I'm always short of luck when it comes to weather during my flights. I take off and land with heavy clouds almost all the time. Perhaps this is the price I have to pay for my frequent flights. But it doesn't matter; I've got used to it, and just sleep the whole flight long. This [...]
I've got four favourite cities, where I want to come back again and again to. You can easily define them by the number of stamps in my passport. And today, after I've arrived in my favourite Istanbul, which I visited numerous times before (don't even remember the exact number of trips), I'm overwhelmed with old [...]
'Why don't you eat anything?' – Chef of Tufenkian Restaurants asks me with peculiar Armenian accent. 'You don't eat and I feel ashamed that my guest is hungry! — He complains indignantly after about dozens of delicious dishes. — How can I eat, if you don't? So I won't eat as well!' Arisa. It's traditional [...]
I've devoted my every spare moment to my favourite blog and project Food’n’Chef these past two weeks. And I must admit, this is not an easy task. Strawberry Gazpacho with Chinese five-spice powder and prawns Recipe Save Print Recipe type: Soup Cuisine: Thai Cuisine Ingredients Strawberry 150 g + 30 g for tartar 30 [...]
Armenia is a miraculous country. Every new curve in the road, every new turn opens wonderful and completely different scenery. As soon as you leave Yerevan, your mouth hangs open with astonishment and it can be closed only by your fellow traveller. I'd like to emphasize once more that my trip to Armenia is solely [...]
We entered Goris – a town in south-east part of the country – when it had already got dark. According to locals, just a few hours ago the weather was sunny and it was +18°C. But we were met with fog and snowflakes. The aim of the whole trip is the Tatev monastery and Tatevatun [...]
Just today I’ve encountered an excellent idea of how to celebrate the New Year. Dispose randomly all seven deadly sins from the Bible in your company and enjoy them the whole night long. Ravioli filled with ricotta and lemon from Amalfi Recipe Save Print Recipe type: Pasta Cuisine: Italian Cuisine Ingredients 3 eggs 200 [...]
In the vicinity of Yerevan, just in 130 km, in a deep, long and extremely picturesque gorge there is hidden an ancient monastery named Noravank . It's a beautiful complex with equally beautiful views of the gorge. People say that during Soviet times it was difficult to access the monastery, but later on several mountains [...]
