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.

In Yeghvard, Armenia, home bakers offered us a platter of cheese and herbs to eat with the fresh lavash. Photo by John Lee The first lavash we ate after arriving in Yerevan came from the corner store ...

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 ...

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 ...

As a young actor, Patrick Griffiths probably never imagined baking lavash on Waiheke Island for a living. After 15 years in theatre and TV he decided it was time to find a job where he could actually ...