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A small peek at Norooz in Tehran | Greetings from Iran!

March 22, 2014 29 Comments

Hi everyone! Happy spring and Norooz Pirooz! This cute and disarmingly gregarious boy is Elliah. (I met and got to talk to Read More

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 2, 2013 32 Comments

The other day I shared the foraging tale of Cornelian cherry (zoghal akhteh) — a cranberry-lookalike savored in many countries but Read More

March 19, 2013 43 Comments

An iconic Norooz custom is creating a still-life tableau called HaftSeen — literally meaning: “Seven S’s” — a display of at least Read More

March 4, 2013 37 Comments

Sabzeh, symbolizing birth and growth, is an integral part of the Persian New Year’s Haft Seen spread. It’s such an optimistic Read More

February 28, 2013 32 Comments

Edited on December 26, 2014 to add: This is the recipe that I used to make fesenjan for a New Read More

February 18, 2013 35 Comments

When starting this blog, a little fellow (let’s call him Felfeli) graciously agreed to lend his charming presence to Fig & Read More

February 7, 2013 27 Comments

Ah, turnip! Or shalgham joon, as I call you in Farsi, I can’t say I have fond childhood memories of you. Probably Read More

February 1, 2013 38 Comments

(Before we delve into āsh, let’s take care of the tricky matter of its pronunciation. Āsh should be pronounced as if Read More

July 16, 2012 22 Comments

When I was a kid we got a German Shepherd puppy we named Maloos. “Maloos” is an adjective in Farsi that is Read More