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Quail Egg Omelette in Shiraz!

May 13, 2016 14 Comments

If you must make a business trip while in Iran, it may as well be a trip to Shiraz, the city of Read More

July 29, 2015 No Comments

Everyone knows that Persians have a thing for pomegranates, rosewater and all sorts of yummy fluffy saffron rice. What is less Read More

August 11, 2014 34 Comments

Last year around this time, my mom and I set up a Fig & Quince table (of goodies and books) at the Read More

June 23, 2014 37 Comments

I’ve twice already posted the recipe for Kuku ‘ye Sabzi (a type of fresh herb Persian frittata) and here I go posting it Read More

March 13, 2014 31 Comments

Norooz goldfish, cigar box, color pencils | Scenes from Iranian New Year 2012This post written earlier and scheduled to publish while I’m Read More

January 9, 2014 50 Comments

One of the earliest posts on Fig & Quince was a recipe for kookoo Sabzi, a very popular type of Persian Read More

July 29, 2013 43 Comments

Plain Persian rice or polo is almost always paired with a type of khoresh, thus forming a formidable entity known as polo-khoresh. Read More

July 22, 2013 54 Comments

Some people are immune to the allure of beets. I do not count myself amongst them. I like beets cooked, roasted, raw, Read More

June 10, 2013 65 Comments

There is an amusing rice-centric Persian proverb, the story of which goes like this: A newlywed bride, a novice cook, wanted to Read More

April 3, 2013 27 Comments

Once upon a time there was a king who ruled over a vast kingdom and when he died (some said he Read More