My Persian Kitchen
Dear Readers,
Today is an exciting day. We are finally launching My Persian Kitchen!
Much to my excitement Persian Kitchen took off pretty fast and many people have been kind enough to leave comments expressing their excitement about there being a blog like mine where they can learn about Persian Cuisine.
I can’t begin to even express how much I enjoy reading comments by the readers. Each note not only makes me more motivated to cook and post about the cuisine of my homeland, but I am also encourage to expand this new venture in my life and see where it takes us all.
You will notice that our name is now “My Persian Kitchen.” This was a happy accident, if you will. When I originally created Persian Kitchen on wordpress I never looked into domains to see which were taken as I had no idea that it would become as popular as it has. Someone has been sitting on that name for a few years and I knew that they would probably want a pretty penny for selling it to me.
So we played around with some names and one of my relatives, known here as Hungry Tiger, suggested adding the word “my.” The other ironic coincidence is that as of late I have become more aware of other food blogs by either just clicking away through the bloggersphere or coming upon them on Twitter. Sure enough, I realized that there are a lot of people out there with blog names that are a combination of two words one of them being “Kitchen.” So in the scheme of things, My Persian Kitchen breaks that pattern a little bit.
I hope you will continue to enjoy our posts and visit us often at our new permanent home. Please leave comments as we love to hear from you!
We are still in the process of making sure that everything works and all the links have been transferred. Please let us know if you encounter any problems while viewing the page or leaving comments.
The Kitchen Staff
July 28, 2009
Congratulations!
July 28, 2009
Thank you Sheila!
August 16, 2009
Couple of days ago in a conversation with my friend about food , I told her that I have started cooking alot since I got laid off work and it seems like, cooking has done the trick , where other things have failed. It is relaxing, theraputic and obviously very nourishing for both the body and the soul! She told me about your blog, well to tell you the truth, I completely forgot about it until last night when I went to see the movie “Julie & Julia”. Obviously I loved the movie, Julia’s passion for food and the great adventure that Julie had with her food blog. Then I checked my emails and here you are. What an amazing blog and wonderful work you are doing. I am hooked already. Thank you for the “Albalo Polo” I also have never made it, but now I have to try it!
As far as the Yogurt & Cucumber Soup is concerned, for whatever it is worth, I remember in the hot Persian summer days, my mother always made “Abdogh Khiar” which is a more complete meal than the one you described. Cubes of ice float in the yougart which makes it very cool and refreshing with walnut, raisin and all the fresh herbs; taragoon, mint, chives, tareh, Geshneez, Marzeh, spring onions, cucumber and dried bread cut up small. It truly is an increadible soup.
Thank you again for your great blog.
August 17, 2009
Dear Shohreh,
thank you for your kind words. I feel your pain, I have been unemployed since the beginning of the year and having this blog has kept me from going completely insane and feeling completely useless. I have always enjoyed cooking and it has always allowed me to leave whatever is going on and focus on being creative.
I LOVED the movie Julie/Julia as well for so many reason. I won’t lie that I had tears in my eyes for a good portion of the movie and became emotional because I could relate.
Abdogh Khiar sounds like a very delicious version of my Mast-o-khiar. I can just imaging how much more deliciousness the sabzi adds to it.
Keep up with the cooking and a huge thanks to your friend for passing on my blog to you. It makes me happy that are people out there that enjoy reading my blog.