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Armenian Cuisine
East Lansing, Michigan |
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Food of the Armenian minority in Azerbaijan is not well known in Michigan. In the 1980s some 40 to 45 Armenian families from this region of the Caucasus settled in the East Lansing area. Representatives are eager to share their foods. Caucasian Armenian food has its roots in antiquity and has both influenced and been influenced by Greeks, Romans, Persians, Arabs, Central Asians, and Turks who passed through. The cuisine is varied, exotic, and delicious, using herbs and spices, fresh and dried fruits, walnuts, pine nuts, honey, and rose water in many dishes. |
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