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September 13, 2013 17 Comments

Sadegh Hedayat was an iconic Iranian writer famous for his modern and dolorous prose. His demeanor, deportment, and the somber shroud Read More

September 6, 2013 25 Comments

Recently, the wonderful editors of Mashallah News — an online publication devoted to shaking up Middle Eastern stereotypes — asked me Read More

August 23, 2013 25 Comments

The other day in Manhattan (in the Washington Heights neighborhood to be precise) I saw this nice guy with a cart filled Read More

July 19, 2013 19 Comments

Some like it hot. I definitely and resolutely do not. People sometimes are surprised that I don’t like the heat. “But aren’t Read More

July 8, 2013 37 Comments

I had a different post planned for today but it’ll just have to wait, because, I mean, look at this bunch of Read More

June 14, 2013 24 Comments

Baba is Persian for “dad.” You could also say pedar which means father – but it’s more formal and not often used Read More

May 28, 2013 44 Comments

Banafsheh, who I like to call B, is a dear family friend, trilingual attorney, witty wordsmith, and (gratefully for me) avid shutter Read More

March 15, 2013 22 Comments

We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming (on Persian food and Norooz and spring and all that is blossoming and sprouting and Read More

February 14, 2013 9 Comments

For many years my mother preserved the flowers that crossed her path or whose paths she crossed. It was not unusual for Read More

February 11, 2013 30 Comments

Khorma is the Persian word for “date” and aloo is the word for “plum.” Put them together (khorma + aloo) and Read More