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Spotlight: Fruits
Blood Apples & Tales of the Hood
Apples are not my favorite fruit. In fact, they don’t even make it my Top 20 list. But everyone says apples are Read More
Azgil or Loquat | A thing like that!
Irooni friends: what is this fruit called again? help! 🙂 pic.twitter.com/3gWWRSNdsZ — Fig & Quince (@figandquince) June 30, 2015 [This post scheduled Read More
Freshly Harvested Chickpeas & Vanooshk (Wild Pistachio) | Kermanshah, Iran
Gentle reader, hello and welcome to part 4 of the Trip to Kermanshah series! As you saw for yourself the other Read More
Ghoreh & AbGhoreh غوره وآبغوره | Sour Grapes & Verjuice
This post is dedicated to the memory of Doctor پ . A wonderful physician, musician, family friend, and all around lovely gentleman Read More
Torshi ‘ye Zoghal Akhteh | Foraged & Pickled Cornelian Cherry
Recently, a dear and too-long-no-see cousin (my pessar amoo to be exact) came for a visit to New York and after Read More
What’s in the bag? … Guess!
I’ll give you a few hints about what’s in the bag … First hint: it’s not a sheep that will eat baobab Read More
Chaghaleh Badoom – Fresh Spring Almond
Pictured here is what we call chaghal’eh badoom in Iran — known as fresh (or green or spring) almond here in the Read More
Homemade Roe’beh Anâr — DIY Pomegranate Syrup
Rob’ eh anar, or pomegrante syrup (also referred to as pomegranate molasses or concentrate or paste) is a staple ingredient in Persian Read More
Cliff Notes for Pomegrantes – Plus a Preamble to a Prelude
For your viewing pleasure: Cliff Notes for “anâr doon kardan” — as promised.