persian food blog Archives - Page 9 of 12

Rumi’s Thanksgiving Poem | Happy Thanksgiving Y’all!

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 22, 2013 48 Comments

The photo series above shows my dear father snapping off a one inch piece of Dartstrip to put up a cute 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

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 27, 2013 24 Comments

There is a Kundalini yoga meditation mantra I like a lot, which goes like this: Ong Namu, Guru Dev Namo. I believe Read More

September 20, 2013 14 Comments

This Sunday (September 22, from 11 a.m to 4 p.m) the 9th Annual Walk for Children — an event with a lot 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

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

July 19, 2013 19 Comments

Some like it hot. I definitely and resolutely do not. People sometimes are surprised that I don’t like the heat. “But aren’t Read More