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Of Rice and Men| A glance back at Fig & Quince in 2013

January 20, 2014 46 Comments

Is it too late to take stock of 2013 and reminisce about the past year? Are we over the newness of 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

January 6, 2014 35 Comments

My friend Mette (who hails from the magical land of Hans Christian Andersen) and I have a giddy, gushing love of Read More

November 25, 2013 46 Comments

This illustration is a digital calligraphy of the Persian word “noosheh jaan”, a word which you may have noticed I use to Read More

November 20, 2013 50 Comments

I sorely miss the generous stretches of light once summer yields to fall — when dusk and darkness encroach ever more greedily Read More

November 11, 2013 68 Comments

Tas Kabab is a type of Persian dish that is a fusion of meat and various vegetables, layered and piled on top Read More

October 31, 2013 36 Comments

When we first moved to America, I was delighted by a number of novel things: fireflies, peanut butter, Seventeen magazine, and the Read More

October 21, 2013 59 Comments

When I first moved to New York – pre Mayor Bloomberg and designated bike lanes – I rode my bicycle in the Read More

September 24, 2013 33 Comments

I’m rather proud of what my mother and I accomplished in a very short time (with a good bit of moral Read More

September 16, 2013 31 Comments

Awhile ago, I was invited to a potluck. My game plan was to make a bottle of sharbat and a batch Read More