Mealtimes by the Caspian Sea were always displays of abundance. Omid Roustaei's extended family would gather every summer, swimming at the beach in the morning and returning to mounds of food at the ...

Is the more correct term “Persian cuisine” or “Iranian cuisine”? Yes. It’s still a quandary. We go to Persian restaurants, not “Iranian” ones. People from Iran call themselves and most everything ...

Persian cuisine is the food of Iran, one of the most ancient civilizations on earth. The Persian canon of dishes reflects the wide reaches of the long-ago empire in both their sophistication and ...

Just as spring is a time for rebirth, the Persian New Year is a time to celebrate new life. Nowruz is celebrated on the spring equinox, which is Monday, March 20. These three cookbooks from Khan ...

Atlanta has long had its share of Persian restaurants, beloved for their rice dishes, flatbreads, platters of herbs and cheese, kebabs and roasted meats. Stephen Kaplan remembers growing up in Sandy ...

It’s absolutely no coincidence that Sabrina Ghayour’s latest cookbook is all about ease. She wrote Persiana Everyday during some major life changes: she had just become a stepmother to two young boys, ...

The 19th and 20th Centuries invited Iranian immigrants to settle in Mumbai, walking the path paved for them by their Parsi ancestors who arrived 1200 years prior. Today, several Persian food spots ...

On a Saturday night in the Persian restaurant Pardis in Glendale, customers gather behind the host stand placed between the shimmering bar and a glass wall filled with wine bottles. The host, most ...

Anissa Helou speared a charred, oval slice of grilled donbalan — Farsi for lamb testicle — with her fork and considered her bite. The appearance and texture of the kebab resembled a supple sea scallop ...

London’s Berenjak has made its way to Los Angeles. The Michelin Bib Gourmand-winning contemporary Iranian restaurant opened in downtown L.A.’s Arts District’s Soho Warehouse on Sept. 24, but they gave ...