Light filters in from an open window over mounds of dough resting in Rima Timbaryan’s kitchen. Kindling crackles as it turns to ash in the tonir, and the sounds of women singing drift into the room.

Their bread is the toast of Sheepshead Bay. An Armenian family’s new bakery has become an overnight success after word got out that they were the only ones in New York baking lavash, a traditional ...

When Armenians bake the flatbread known as lavash, they incorporate Christian rituals and family knowledge -- but there aren't many who still practice this culinary craft at home. Knarik Torosian is ...

Used by every family in Azerbaijan, lavash is a soft, thin unleavened flatbread made of flour and water. The word "lavash" is repeatedly found in early Turkic written sources. While in other countries ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The first lavash we ate after arriving in Yerevan came from the corner store near our rental apartment. It was pale and paper-thin, but durable ...