Early this summer, we planted two rows of different types of tomatoes in our vegetable garden. We are so pleased with the results that we a...

I was gifted an Iranian cookbook titled آشپزی دوره صفوی - Ashpazi Doreh-ye Safavid (Cooking during the Safavid Dynasty ). This cookbook i...

I've let many winters and pomegranate seasons go by without writing about  آش انار   ash-e anar. But today, as I watch the icy snow...

Mehregan/Mehr is an ancient Iranian festival celebrating the start of the beautiful fall season. With its vibrant foliage, crisp days, an...

This healthy and delicious سوپ جو soup-e jo (barley soup) is made with chicken, sweet carrots, and a generous squeeze of fresh lemon jui...

دیزی  Dizi, also known as abgousht, is a popular highlight of Persian cuisine. Traditionally, it was cooked in small stone crocks ...

It has been very cold recently and I decided to make my mother's special pot of سوپ مرغ و سبزیجات soup-e morgh o sabzijat (chicken ve...

آبدوغ خیار Abdoogh khiar is a chilled yogurt soup with aromatic fresh herbs, diced cucumbers, chopped radishes, crushed walnuts, an...

Ever since I saw the recipe for shole maash online in the 19th-century  Qajar Women Cookbook , I have been thinking about giving it a ...

It may officially be spring but the weather is still cold and windy. That means there's still plenty of time to make a warm pot of s...