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May 4, 2017 3 Comments

Greetings friends! Spring has sprung in full bloom here – the “golden waterfall” and “wisteria” and myriad other flora are blooming in Read More

April 30, 2017 No Comments

Due to a bit of a profound bout of malaise (rooted in homesickness and work brouhaha and dashes of eeksetera & ouchsetera Read More

February 5, 2017 5 Comments

Hello lovely folks! Here I am on a freezing Sunday in Tehran tending to my blogging duties. I’m forsaking you not, so Read More

June 23, 2016 8 Comments

As wise as making lemonade out of lemons is making sweet jam from sour cherries. Start with a heap of fresh lovely Read More

May 7, 2016 15 Comments

Hello hello hello! I am tempted to say: “Here’s your faithful blogger” but I have been terribly horribly shamefully remiss re both Read More

November 19, 2015 14 Comments

Friends! I’m still here! But that, I mean I’m still writing here on the blog (hello hello) and also that I’m Read More

March 19, 2015 27 Comments

Tomorrow, at precisely 3:45 pm PST (6:45 pm EST) winter ends (bye bye Winter dear, don’t let the door hit you Read More

October 18, 2013 37 Comments

Well. It was nice to take a blogging break and as I like to say, laziness is its own reward. However: I Read More

September 9, 2013 52 Comments

I hope you’ve been practicing the art of making Persian rice, because it is time to amp up the volume and 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