“Artsakh is”: Food and Stories as Keepers of Memory 

In today's podcast, CivilNet sits down with writer and producer Nyree Abrahamian to discuss her work documenting stories from Artsakh. The conversation centers on her cookbook, Artsakh: A Taste of Home, which preserves a threatened culture through recipes and personal narratives collected in the wake of the 2023 Karabakh ethnic cleansing. The book was created in collaboration with Aline Kamakian and Scout Tufankjian, and published by AGBU. Nyree explains how storytelling, from her award-winning Country of Dust podcast, to this cookbook, serves as an act of resistance against cultural erasure. She shares her experience listening to displaced families, reveals the significance of food as a keeper of memory, and believes that kitchens around the world can become active bearers of culture.