in armenia when they offer you food, you have to eat it. they would welcome you and food is very important for them. >> in every armenian community we feel like we're a "smallville"age and they come together to put on something like this. what i find really interesting about san francisco is the blends of armenia that come together. once they are here, the way people work together at any age, including our grandmothers, our grandfathers, skewering the meat, it's fun to see. fun to see everybody get together. >> we call it subarek. it's a cheese turn over if you want. we make the dough from scratch. we boil it like you do for la san i can't. >> the amount of love and karin fused in these foods is tremendous. they come in every day to prepare, cook and bake bread, all in preparation for this big festival. >> nobody says no. when you come them, they have to come tomorrow for the feast. >> what a treat it is to taste a delicious recipe, all made from scratch and passed down through generations. it really makes you appreciate the little things.

in armenia when they offer you food, you have to eat it.e you and food is very important for them. >> in every armenian community we feel like we're a "smallville"age and they come together to put on something like this. what i find really interesting about san francisco is the blends of armenia that come together. once they are here, the way people work together at any

armenia's president is likely to win a new five-year term on monday. polls predict guillermo lasso -- serzh sarksyan will garner 60% of the votes, but it has been a bitter campaign with a assassination attempt on one rival and a hunger strike by another. >> this last big rally before the president sought election. if it seems low-key, it is because president has little to fear -- serzh sarksyan has little to fear. this is despite a campaign filled with drama, with two leading parties refusing to participate and one candidate narrowly surviving an assassination attempt. he tells me how he was shot by gunmen outside his home two weeks ago. he blames russian secret police, but is not letting the attack distracting from the race. >> may be years, a lot more, to change armenia. to have a real country that belongs to the citizens. after this we will have new political life. i have many ideas. my main idea is complete democracy. >> in other candidate who spent his entire campaign on a hunger strike. 28 days without food to protest what he says is a fake elect

clads exit polls in armenia suggests the current president has been reelected with a comfortable majority. >> he is one of 50% of the vote -- he has won 58% of the vote. they said they failed to present them with any real choice and after several of sarkisian's opponents with a group. there was also an assassination attempt by one candidate and a hunger strike by another. >> accord in belgium has rejected an appeal for early release of a convicted child murderer. they turned down his request to spend the rest of his life sentence outside prison on electronic surveillance. he was convicted of kidnapping and raping six girls in the 1990's. they did not believe he would be able to reintegrate into society. we will be back after a short break. don't go away. >> more on the infamous horse meat scandal. >> germany as promising tighter controls on meat products as well a stronger penalties for those who violate the rules. this comes after traces of horse meat were found in several european countries. clucked the consumer affairs minister presented a national action plan to the agricultural minis

clads exit polls in armenia suggests the current president has been reelected with a comfortable majority. >> he is one of 50% of the vote -- he has won 58% of the vote. they said they failed to present them with any real choice and after several of sarkisian's opponents with a group. there was also an assassination attempt by one candidate and a hunger strike by another. >> accord in belgium has rejected an appeal for early release of a convicted child murderer. they turned down his request to spend the rest of his life sentence outside prison on electronic surveillance. he was convicted of kidnapping and raping six girls in the 1990's. they did not believe he would be able to reintegrate into society. we will be back after a short break. don't go away. >> more on the infamous horse meat scandal. >> germany as promising tighter controls on meat products as well a stronger penalties for those who violate the rules. this comes after traces of horse meat were found in several european countries. clucked the consumer affairs minister presented a national action plan to the agricultural minis

in armenia, there is the presidential election going on. the current president is predicted to win a second five- year term. the campaign has been marred by an assassination attempt on one of his rivals. and a hunger strike by another. in ecuador, the presidential correa n has rafael nada getting most of the votes. his closest rival has already conceded defeat. now this report from the capital quito. >> with exit polls showing he had easily won a majority of the vote, the president was in a celebratory mood. >> thank you very much for the great confidence you have shown in me. you know i would never failure and we will never fail you. this victory is yours. even before official results, his supporters came to the presidential palace to celebrate with the president. there will not be a need for a runoff. none of the seven other candidates even came close. heavy spending on social programs convinced this person to vote for the incumbent. >> i decided to vote for him because he has done a lot of things and they must continue. i fear another pr

they come from armenia, specially made. and would you like to try it? >> i would like to try. >> would you like sugar or no sugar? >> no sugar today. i'm so excited. really earthy. you can really taste the grain. i think that's what makes it so special. really comes out. i hope you try it. we're having a great time at the armenian festival. we ate, we saw, and we definitely conquered. i don't know about you, but i have to go down to the food. check out our blog for so much more at sf bites at tums abler.com. until next time, may the force be with you. ♪ ♪ >> first of all, everybody is welcome and we ask two things when they get here. one, that they try something they've never tried before. be it food or be it dancing or doing something. and if they feel like it was worth their while to tell one person and bring that person, that family member, that friend down the street to come with them. >> we're going to have to do a lot of eating so get ready. >> get ready. and you diet tomorrow. ?oo hi, i'm holly lee. i love cooking and you are watching quick bites

. >> much of the horse meat sold as before originated from armenia, but slaughterhouses there say they are not to blame. they claim all the meat exported from the country was correctly labeled. >> we have delivered horse meat as well as beef to many european customers. we guarantee that we fulfilled all eu standards. >> food products containing meat of questionable origin have been recalled across europe while the investigation presses on. the eu is said to be considering new regulations to require processed foods containing meat to include information about its country of origin. >> the novel "night train to lisbon" was an international best seller. now the movie version is seeing its world premiere at the berlin film festival. >> it is the story of an aging school teacher in switzerland who quits his job to go to lisbon to track down a portuguese writer who have fought the country's mid-20th century dictatorship. >> and on tuesday night, a highly anticipated iranian film called "closed curtain" made its debut. the director did not attend because he is under house arrest in iran, but

that's the speed it will go where the other does go in a straight line so it's really fast you see armenia even if it's some way away basically very slowly in the sky then but the question is when a long way away they look very small but i mean that's an issue maybe there should be an international effort to exactly scan the scars to prepare for things like this. well there we have it with anything of that size happen here again who now is well i guess they were sort of echoing calls that have already come from russia for for a global defense system again something like this get china the usa russia all working together don't waste time on our missile defense systems that when we could all have to unite and this is what they are going to rest i would say or at the pool scott thanks very much for that thank you. well moving on now to more news of the week in bahrain they have been fresh clashes as police used tear gas against hundreds of protesters armed and stones and firebombs becomes a form the funeral of a teenager who was allegedly shot by or it is earlier this week in a rally marking

we are -- we were not talking about armenia or turkey or the banking influence. that's what the context of my comments were about. on your point on the conversations and the quote. a couple of points. let's go back to the ilsa vote. about the original vote during the clinton administration. and connect that to a comment i made in the world herald about they don't work. they are ineffective. and by the way, i've already noted for the record here that i have supported and voted for some unilateral sanctions. i think i noted three specific ones that i recall. but on your specific questions about the specific comment. just to give you an example of what i was talking about. you were not in the senate at the time. some were. but those who were here in the senate might recall the european union's reaction to that ilsa act. i was not in the senate when that was voted on originally, so i didn't have a vote. but in 1988 the european union passed a resolution against the united states and threatened to take the united states to the world trade organization. as a consequenc

he thinks that's the only plug you'll get for armenia tonight. >> we'll take any plug we can get. >> you're in the animated category. are you feeling optimistic? >> nervous, optimistic, excited, thrilled. there's some tough contenders up there, so it's anybody's game. >> are you from some weird tartan clan? >> this is the dunbrock tartan, inspired by one of our artists, and we had it made and it's registered with the tartan authorities. >> there will be people all over scotland watching this, saying way to go. man wearing a kilt to the oscars is what it's all about. who are you most looking forward to seeing? >> it's pretty cool. we love seeing, you know, all of the stars and all of the beautiful outfits and everything like that, but any of our colleagues in film making. we loved running into our animation. it was fun to see seth macfarlane's dad who came in in a kilt. >> best of luck. i hope it all works out well for you. >> thank you. >> let's take a short break and be right back with all of the best live action from the 85th oscars. your longwear makeup might stay on, ♪ but will i

we were not talking about armenia or turkey or the banking influence or the chamber of commerce influence that was the context of what my comments were about. on your point on the unilateral sanctions conversation and the quote, a couple of points. let's go back to the vote. about the regional vote during the clinton administration, and connect that to a comment i made in the world harrold above they do not work, they are ineffective. and, by the wycombe i have already noted for the record that i am supported and voted for unilateral sanctions. i think there are three specific ones i recall, but your specific question about this specific comment, just to give you an example of partly what i was talking about, you were not in the senate at the time, some were, but those that were herein the senate might recall the european union's reaction to that act. i was not in the senate when it was voted on originally, so i did not have a vote, but in 1998, the european union passed a resolution against the united states and threatened to take the united states to the world trade organization. as a c