I recently received a copy of سفره اطعمه Sofreh At'ameh, a delightful cookbook written in 1881 by Mirza Ali Akbar Khan Kashani, the ...

Yalda, the ancient Persian festival of the winter solstice, is celebrated on the eve of the longest night of the year, which also marks t...

Vernal Equinox - The first day of Spring is only a few days away, and one thing common among all Iranians is our shared passion for al...

We are in the midst of خرما پزان - khorma pazan season, a term used by locals in the south of Iran when the temperature reaches its p...

It's that time of the year when Iranians from the four corners of the world celebrate the vernal equinox, the first day of spring ...

Five years ago, on a typical cold day in December, I created my little blog. The whole idea of a Persian food blog- its name and format s...

A few years ago, when I was just starting to blog about the food of my heritage, I came across an image of something called a Persian Lov...

For my first post of the fall season I have chosen this tasty and perfect for every occasion حلوای هویج halva-ye haveej (carrot halva). I...

I do miss the days when my father would come home from work carrying a ja'beh shirini (box of sweets) freshly baked from our l...

This past weekend marked my third-year anniversary of blogging about Persian cuisine, which is the kind of food I grew up with and to ...