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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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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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My Cousin Val’s Abdoogh Khiyar (آبدوغ خیار)| Chilled Yogurt & Cucumber Soup:...
Chilled Persian Cucumber & Yogurt soup. Perfect for summer! Everyone knows that Persians have a thing for pomegranates, rosewater and all sorts of yummy fluffy saffron rice. What is less known is...
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Lusty tour of the food I ate in Kermanshah
homemade shahtoot lavashak | Persian fruit rollup w red mulberries In this last installment of docu posts about my super sweet Trip to Kermanshah, I really wanted to give you a mouthwatering, lusty...
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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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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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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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My Story in Iran told in Pix | An Ice Breaker!
Yummy assortment of Persian pastry Hi y’all! Remember me? Of course not. I’ve been remiss and deserve not to have been missed. Yadi. Yada. To break this dry spell I’m just going to share the photos...
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Mehregan | Persian Autumnal Festival of Thanksgiving & Love
This is another teaser post! As in, I’m teasing you with what’s to come! That is: A grassroots effort by a veritable tribe of us Persian food writers (from across the globe) to bring to you a...
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Internet, Persian Style! | Persian Nooks & Crannies in Cyberspace – Part 2
“@NIACouncil Anthony Bourdain: #Persians are the nicest people in the world متشکریم آقای بوردین٬ خوبی از خودتونه! pic.twitter.com/6ZJi0A95k5” — NousheJan (@NousheJan) July 25, 2014 Let’s start part 2...
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