Levash

Almost immediately, the table was cleared and then piled high with the family's treasures to share with the unexpected guests—delicious pickles, cheese, a meaty stew, levash bread and, of course, Armenian brandy.

Besides the high piles of levash bread, cheese and bean khachapuri, there were enormous bowls of various dishes from greens including my own favorite, jon-johi. There were round bowls the size of soccer balls containing […]

“I don't know,” she replied, baking some levash bread over a twig fire. “I wasn't here then—I am from Yerevan.” Nor were most of the other residents in this section of relief housing, it seemed: most were Armenian refugees from Baku.