Dolma, dolmeh, tolma, yaprak, sarma, sarmi: It doesn’t matter what they’re called, the humble grape leaf has tremendous power. Depending on whom you ask, stuffed grape leaves have a variety of names ...

Aunt Mary’s yalanchi are stuffed with rice, herbs and pine nuts in classic Armenian fashion. Be sure to rinse the grape leaves well, under lots of running water and then give them a good long soak, ...

Consider the underestimated grape leaf. Each year, grape vines are cut back, and turn brown and woody, then emerge vivaciously fresh with green shoots in the late spring. These vines grow aggressively ...

Stuffed grape leaves sound exotic -- especially if you use the Greek word dolmades (doh-MAH-dees) or the Arabic words Warq Enab (WAR-ock EE-nib) to describe them. But the leaves themselves? Not so ...