When I was younger, my brother and I spent quite a bit of time at my grandparents’ house. Jidou and Grama both loved to cook,…
Category: All things Chaldean
“Ponder well on this point: the pleasant hours of our life are all connected by a more or less tangible link, with some memory of…
Homemade Cheese, called gupta d’baetha in Assyrian-Chaldean-Syriac, holds a special place in my memories. It recalls a time when I realized how wonderful it was to…
Yogurt is a staple in Chaldean households. It’s eaten for breakfast, for lunch, for dinner, as a post-meal snack…at any time really. The versatility of khelwa…
Growing up, one of our staple dinners was chicken and yellow rice. For my brother and I, it was one of the best meals. As…
A few weeks ago, I was staring out my window, admiring the not so lovely view of my apartment’s dilapidated parking lot. As I…
Everyone has a breakfast routine. Maybe you wake up early every day to make yourself a feast. Maybe you just eat cereal. Maybe yogurt is…
This particular January in Michigan has been quite brutal. Subzero temperatures have become a daily occurrence, making chafed and red faces practically a fashion statement.…
It is cold outside. Frigid, artic, polar. Today, it took me more than 20 minutes to unearth my car from the foot of snow that drifted…