Happy New Year!
Photo courtesy: My friend Rovshana Samadova. Taken in Washington D.C. Rovshana didn’t know it would end up on my blog, but as an avid hunter for anything pomegranate I spotted [...]
Shorgoghal - Spice-Filled Flaky Breads for Novruz
Along with scrumptious multi-layered pakhlava (baklava) and tender nut-filled shekerbura, spice-infused flaky bread shorgoghal (alternative spelling: shor goghali) is another irresistable edible attribute of Novruz. In fact, the three are [...]
Happy International Women’s Day!
Happy International Women’s Day to all my lady readers and their loved ones! Wishing you all a life as beautiful and colorful as this rose.
Happy New Year & Solidarity Day!
Hey, friends. Just wanted to wish you all a very Happy Near Year. I wish you only the best, which includes health, happiness, luck, tons of joy, great friendships, realization [...]
Shekerbura - Making a Novruz Dessert Step by Step
If Samani is a green symbol of Novruz, two desserts, Pakhlava (baklava) and Shekerbura, are the spring holiday’s sweet symbols. No Novruz table is complete without these delicious nut filled [...]
Novruz is knocking at the door, Samani is growing…
This is my daughter Meltem, holding samani, symbol of spring
The month of March holds a very special place for Azerbaijanis. It is the month when Novruz, a spring holiday, is [...]
Prunes Dipped in Chocolate - Happy Women’s Day!
Today is the 8th of March - International Women’s Day. I don’t think it is celebrated in the US, but in Azerbaijan it is big. Good for women, bad for [...]
Spring is in the air & so is Novruz!
Spring is coming. With its colors, liveliness and freshness. Where I live we’ve been seeing trees blooming and hearing birds chirping for quite some time already. I took a picture [...]
