A while back, I received a comment on my blog from a reader asking about an Iranian potato recipe. She wrote that she had just return...

Persian New Year (Spring equinox) has officially arrived! It doesn't quite feel like it where I live since it is still cold and the...

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

شب عاشقان بیدل چه شبی دراز باشد     تو بیا کز اول شب در صبح باز باشد  ~سعدی شب یلدا Shab-e yalda or شب چله shab-e chelleh (winter sols...

Here's my favorite خورش قیمه کدو سبز (khoresh-e gheymeh kadoo sabz): a delicious fusion of two classic Persian stews,  khore...

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...

Over the years, many of my readers have requested vegetarian recipes. At first, I hesitated, because I've always believed that Iran...