Azita Houshiar, Author at Fig & Quince

A Smorgasbord of Sorts | Persian Style!

May 4, 2017 3 Comments

Greetings friends! Spring has sprung in full bloom here – the “golden waterfall” and “wisteria” and myriad other flora are blooming in Read More

April 30, 2017 No Comments

Due to a bit of a profound bout of malaise (rooted in homesickness and work brouhaha and dashes of eeksetera & ouchsetera Read More

April 20, 2017 1 Comment

Hello again. As a refreshing change I’m keeping my promise (knock on wood, let’s not jinx it) to write a post here Read More

April 18, 2017 7 Comments

Hello hello! What can I say but hang my head in utter shame? I promised regular postings in the last post and instead Read More

February 5, 2017 5 Comments

Hello lovely folks! Here I am on a freezing Sunday in Tehran tending to my blogging duties. I’m forsaking you not, so Read More

November 28, 2016 8 Comments

Hi and hope you all had a delicious Thanksgiving! We had a pretty snow day on Thanksgiving day here in Tehran and Read More

November 12, 2016 18 Comments

Hello hello hello! Is There Anybody Out There? (God, I love this album.) But seriously: Are any of y’all still reading here? Read More

July 14, 2016 6 Comments

Hello friends! One of the interesting things that happened to me while I’m here in Iran is that I was approached to Read More

June 23, 2016 8 Comments

As wise as making lemonade out of lemons is making sweet jam from sour cherries. Start with a heap of fresh lovely Read More

June 6, 2016 9 Comments

Hi guys! A future blog post is about making dolmeh with grape leaves but today’s post is about loss and scholarly Read More