Dolmades en Domu
I am American: my heritage is 5/8 Italian, 2/8 Finnish, and 1/8 Armenian. One year, when visiting my dad’s side of the family as we do every New Year’s, we were introduced to dolmades at a Mediterranean restaurant called The Black Olive (since closed) in Tewksbury, MA. Dolmades consist of blanched grape leaves filled with rice and sometimes meat or nuts and raisins (trail mix?) which are then steamed to tenderness. Last year, I made sushi for Christmas. This year, I made dolmades with the help of my mom and grandmother. My grandfather took all the photographs of the assembly.