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Zafaran | All about Saffron
[This post scheduled to publish while I’m on my Epic Trip to Iran, part 2.] Saffron (called za’faran زعفران in Farsi) is a lovely spice. It adds color, flavor and fragrance to food; and to top it off,...
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Internet: Persian Style! | Part #4
Persian soap opera actresses! Let’s start perusing the Persian nooks and crannies of cyberspace in part #4 of Internet: Persian Style series! with this fun photo of a group of Iranian soap opera...
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Eating a cold in Iran & Treating a cold in Iran
What’s sabz green on the outside … and a beautiful narenji orange on the inside … And filled with yummy vitamin C allover? Why, it’s Persian green tangerine (narengi) Hi everyone! I’ve been traveling...
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Bright Spots in an otherwise Gloomy November day in Tehran, Iran
Sunny yellow kamquats in a fruit market in Tehran, Iran Friends! I’m still here! But that, I mean I’m still writing here on the blog (hello hello) and also that I’m still here in Iran. One reason for...
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Happy Thanksgiving! | Giving Thanks from Tehran, Iran
Persian shirini (cookies) | homemade Hello friends! This Thanksgiving marks the very first time ever since my family moved to the U.S that I won’t be observing this secular holiday haven of food and...
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Look Who’s Talking! At Tedx Tehran!
Hi friends, I’ve already hinted here on the blog and the cat’s been out of the bag (MEOW!) for quite awhile on my social media channels, but, I may as well officially announce that yours truly, your...
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Happy New Year! Happy 2016! | Belated Greetings from Iran!
Hi everyone! Will you please forgive me for the irregular and intermittent posting? Further, will you also forgive me for the belated holiday & new year wishes? I blame lack of time, a countdown...
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Greetings (& food!) from the tops of the snowy mountains of Iran
Can you see the birthday cake? Can you see the dog? Can you see me with cake all the way in the back? Hello hello hello and happy new year again! So how did you spend your first day of 2016? I hope...
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Persianized Dolsot Bibimbap & Korean Tahdig! | Awesome Guest Post by...
♠ Gentle readers, while some of you are currently home-bound due to a winter snow blizzard, some of you on the other side of the globe are fanning yourselves due to the excessive heat of summer; and...
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Esnack! | Snacking: Persian Style!
A snack called “esnak” in Tehran, Iran Hello hello hello! I am tempted to say: “Here’s your faithful blogger” but I have been terribly horribly shamefully remiss re both the “faithful” and the...
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Quail Egg Omelette in Shiraz!
If you must make a business trip while in Iran, it may as well be a trip to Shiraz, the city of pomegranate blossoms and roses and bahar narenj and poetry and oft: staggering beauty. And if you must...
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Adventures of a Persian Food Blogger in Shiraz, Iran
“Mount Watermelon” | Shiraz, Iran Last week I spent a few days in Shiraz on a business trip. Remember? I saw and ate and enjoyed many many good things, and I’m going to do my best to document it all in...
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A Vote of Confidence – A thing like that!
Hello friends! I am nursing a nasty cold but no grudges; I lost my workhorse iPhone but on the bright side I have a refrigerator filled with barbari bread and sour cherries picked from a garden near...
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Of Loss, Fruit & Scholarly Life in Tehran
Zainab at Tehran University’s Historical Archives Reference Library Hi guys! A future blog post is about making dolmeh with grape leaves but today’s post is about loss and scholarly life in Tehran....
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Persian Sour cherry Jam | Moraba ‘ye Albaloo
As wise as making lemonade out of lemons is making sweet jam from sour cherries. Start with a heap of fresh lovely bright red and oh so tart sour cherries. Wash and dry. Take out the pits. While you...
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Hear ‘ye Hear ‘ye! Fig & Quince has a podcast!
Haleh & Azita | Fig & Quince Podcast (at Shenoto) Hello friends! One of the interesting things that happened to me while I’m here in Iran is that I was approached to do a podcast series. I’ve...
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A Quickie Tour of Tajrish Square
Everyday I commute to work in Tehran. This commute takes exactly one hour door-to-door and has 4 distinct stages. Walk. Cab. Bus. WALK. One: leave the house (after checking to make sure I have my house...
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Happy New Year! Happy 2016! | Belated Greetings from Iran!
Hi everyone! Will you please forgive me for the irregular and intermittent posting? Further, will you also forgive me for the belated holiday & new year wishes? I blame lack of time, a countdown...
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Persian Gulf | Golabatoon & Podcast
Hello hello hello! Is There Anybody Out There? (God, I love this album.) But seriously: Are any of y’all still reading here? The blog stat says that a good bunch of you all are still coming and...
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Ghoreh to Grape to Dolmeh | A Food Odyssey
Unripe grape (“ghoreh”) and grapevine growing in Darband, Tehran. Little Fateme with basket of fresh grape leaves | Tehran, Iran It takes a village to stuff grape leaves! | Tehran, Iran Yummy Persian...
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