Noosheh jaan (sometimes spelled nusheh jaan) literally means: “may it be sweet for your soul”,”may it be a pleasure to your being”. Read More
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Persian Sweets for You + Your Sweet | Valentine’s Day Recipes
Love is universal. Saints or sinners, we all love. One way or another. Love really is the answer. As Hafiz (Persian poet Read More
Iran in Black & White | A pictorial exploration
Continuing with the Friday theme of Iranian centric photo posts, let’s look at some B&W photographs. This first one is of the Read More
Cacao, Cardamom + Clove Chai | A Yummy Drink Made in Brooklyn
Hi all. This is Jacqui — a lovely young woman I became acquainted with at The Herb Shoppe in Brooklyn — holding Read More
Contemporary Iran | A Pictorial Internet Odyssey
Last week I posted some choice vintage pix of a time in Iran that is by now a foregone conclusion. A few Read More
kookoo ‘ye Beh | Quince Kookoo – Fit for a Persian Qajar King
A plate of Quince Kookoo, A Qajar King, fruits and paisley Quince is a praiseworthy fruit unaccountably overlooked in the West but Read More
Vintage Iran| A Pictorial Time Travel
A Friday post calls for a fun post. So I thought I’d round up for you some images of Iran that have Read More
Of Rice and Men| A glance back at Fig & Quince in 2013
Is it too late to take stock of 2013 and reminisce about the past year? Are we over the newness of Read More
Kookoo Sabzi II – Persian Herb Kookoo (an encore presentation)
One of the earliest posts on Fig & Quince was a recipe for kookoo Sabzi, a very popular type of Persian Read More
Brooklyn, Biking, Adas Polo | A Perfect NY day with a Persian twist
My friend Mette (who hails from the magical land of Hans Christian Andersen) and I have a giddy, gushing love of Read More