Well. It was nice to take a blogging break and as I like to say, laziness is its own reward. However: I Read More
All Posts By
Azita Houshiar
Not a Swan Song
You know how ballerinas are known to have horribly disfigured feet? Corns, blisters, calluses, deformed toes — feet battered by the practice Read More
Breath of Life, Bread of Life
There is a Kundalini yoga meditation mantra I like a lot, which goes like this: Ong Namu, Guru Dev Namo. I believe Read More
We Showed. Now, I Tell
I’m rather proud of what my mother and I accomplished in a very short time (with a good bit of moral Read More
Children of Persia | Sunday in Maryland! Come Say Hi!
This Sunday (September 22, from 11 a.m to 4 p.m) the 9th Annual Walk for Children — an event with a lot Read More
Banana Nut Chocolate Chip Muffins – Persianized!
Awhile ago, I was invited to a potluck. My game plan was to make a bottle of sharbat and a batch Read More
How to Groom a Persian Cat!
Sadegh Hedayat was an iconic Iranian writer famous for his modern and dolorous prose. His demeanor, deportment, and the somber shroud Read More
Persian Rice: Plain to POWABUNGA!!
I hope you’ve been practicing the art of making Persian rice, because it is time to amp up the volume and Read More
The Poetics of Persian Food
Recently, the wonderful editors of Mashallah News — an online publication devoted to shaking up Middle Eastern stereotypes — asked me Read More
Cornelian Cherry 3 ways | Sharbat + Moraba + Marmalade
The other day I shared the foraging tale of Cornelian cherry (zoghal akhteh) — a cranberry-lookalike savored in many countries but Read More