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Meigoo Polo | (Persian) Shrimp & Raisin Saffron Rice
Hi everyone! Before delving into our recipe post, I have to share the news that I cooked fesenjan for The New York Times as featured in this Sunday’s New York Times Magazine cover story of “Diverse...
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Have some ash ‘e reshteh with Ahu & Azita & Abraham Lincoln!
Hi everyone! My lovely friend Ahu (of Ahu Eats) and I want to break bread with you! You heard right! We want to meet you, gab, and go grab a hot bowl of ash ‘e reshteh or abghusht from the famed Taste...
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Yalda with Dr. Bashi, Prof. Dabashi, Pishi Bashu & The Grey Lady!
Dr. Golbarg Bashi & Kids & pomegranates | Photo Source: New York Times Magazine In this post about the Persian winter fete of Yalda, I thought it’d be fun to share some behind-the-scenes photos...
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Saffron Layer Cake with White Chocolate Mousse & Pistachio Buttercream
Hi everyone! Happy New Year!!! Can I tell you something? I had grand plans for a couple of very special posts to say fare well to 2014 and properly greet 2015. But I confess that I zonked out good and...
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Happy Jars
The bee who has been hauling his gold all day finds a hexagon in which to rest. And the past and the future? Nothing but an only child with two different masks.” – Billy Collins, “In the Evening” (via...
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Drinking in Iran | Gulp!
Awesome Persian dude! | Pomegranate Juice Vendor It is a truth universally established by now that Persian food is yummy! No doubt! But what about Persian drinks? I can tell you this: as much as I...
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Valentines Day Persian Rhymes & Sweets
In honor of Valentines day, I have a Persianized Valentine’s Day ditty for you: Pomegranates are red Asseman is blue Tut is sweet and so are tu! (That means YOU!) ♥ And also: sparkly dainty...
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Drinking in Iran | Tea for Tu (تو) and Me!
Persian tea with almond cookies & Nabat (rock candy) Let’s fire up that samovar and brew some fragrant tea (or chayee as we say in Farsi) for this second installment of “Drinking in Iran” — a...
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Norooz! A New Day! Hello Spring and Persian New Year!
Haftseen – Persian New Year’s Pretty Spread for spring Tomorrow, at precisely 3:45 pm PST (6:45 pm EST) winter ends (bye bye Winter dear, don’t let the door hit you on the way out) and spring begins....
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Some Exotic, Eccentric & Delicious Iranian Drinks
tokhmeh sharbat + khak ‘e shir = my first official drink in Tehran, Iran In this latest installment of “Drinking in Iran” — a photo-essay series documenting the tasty drinks (aka nooshidani) yours...
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Laya’s Upside Down Persian rice in La La Land | Tahchin
This is tahchin, or upside down Persian rice. Tahchin is made with half-cooked rice that’s mixed with yogurt, saffron, and egg; layered with chicken or lamb; packed and molded (nice and snug) into a...
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Beehive to the Zig Zag Girl’s Rescue
Oh what a tangled web! Let the record show that I enjoy writing. Always have (since I was a wee little thing) and probably always will (till I’m a cranky ol’ person.) However, there’s nothing on this...
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Internet: Persian Style! | Part 3
The director and actors of Nahid | Source Horray! It’s time for Part 3 of our Internet: Persian Style series! ( See here for the series’ mission statement.) Let’s get the ball rolling with this...
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Golpar | A Persian Spice
Golpar (aka Persian Hogweed) Seed pods | A Persian Spice Golpar (گلپر ) or Persian Hogweed (botanical name: Heracleum persicum) is a flowering spice plant, native to Iran, growing wild in its...
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Sabzi Khordan – Persian Fresh Herbs Assorted Platter | All You Ever Wanted to...
Simple plate of sabzi khordan: piyazcheh, torobcheh & na’nah If you come from a Persian household or have had occasion to dine at one, you are privy to the fact that a Persian table at mealtime is...
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Ghoreh & AbGhoreh غوره وآبغوره | Sour Grapes & Verjuice
غوره unripe grapes | an intriguing staple of Persian cuisine This post is dedicated to the memory of Doctor پ . A wonderful physician, musician, family friend, and all around lovely gentleman whose...
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Mulberry, Elephant Ears, Tongue and Okra! | Some Persian Shirini!
Noghl and Tut (Persian Marzipan Mulberry) | Tehrangeles, California Norooz 2015 I got to make and taste and nibble on a host of yummy Persian goodies whilst I whiled away the time in the city of Angels...
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Drinking Coffee in Iran | Gimme some Gahveh!
Coffee at Cafe Shemron, Tehran, Iran (2014) This fourth installment of “Drinking in Iran” — a photo-essay series documenting the tasty drinks (aka nooshidani) yours truly had to sip, gulp, swig,...
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#IranDEAL #HAPPY! | Let’s Have Some Shirini Please!
♥ In Iran, it’s customary to celebrate one’s good news with “shirini dadan” (offering sweets and pastries) to pleasure and delight the sense and palette of others in recognition of one’s own sweet...
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Khaleh Fuzzy’s Famous & Fabulous Mixed Veggie TorshI
ترشی مخلوط | Persian Mixed Vegetable Pickles Some of my fond memories of my epic trip to Iran include sprints over to my Aunt Fuzzy’s house and spending a bunch of fun quality times there with a few of...
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