Food

Last year I featured a turkey brine with pomegranate juice, this year we are going a different direction!  A months ago I started thinking about the posts that I wanted to feature this year for Thanksgiving. I thought about a few different combination of flavors and the one that stuck with me was inspired by one of my favorite Persian rice dishes Read More

The theme for my cooking club was tomatoes this month. I put the tomatoes that I picked from my garden last Friday to good use Read More

The inspiration for this post came last Tuesday while I was at the Farmers Market going from stand to stand shopping and brainstorming what to make for MPK. Then …
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During my first post about Persian breakfast I wrote about Noon-o Paneer-o Moraba, bread, feta cheese, and jam.  Today’s post about breakfast is all about Tokhmomorgh Asali, Read More

My most fondest childhood memory is sitting at my grandmother’s kitchen table in the morning for breakfast.  We had the same breakfast routine every single morning before I left for school. Read More

Last week I read the following information in the Food section of the Los Angeles Times: Read More

Yap!  That’s where The Sous Chef and I landed on Tuesday evening! I can’t tell you how excited I am to be here, a place that through the years I have heard so much about and dreamed of visiting someday.

An opportunity of a life time presented itself a month an half ago Read More

Now that is almost summer time I am more in the mood for kuku because it is one of those meals that is easy to make and can be …
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Has anyone had Noon-o Panir-o Hendooneh? Or Hendevaneh, if you want to be proper! I was introduced to this delicious combination in my teenage years! My first thought was, “What??? …
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My Grandma used a pressure cooker. My Mom is a fan of cooking with a pressure cooker.  Me on the other hand? I have resisted buying a pressure cooker for years.  I am all about letting food cook for as long as it needs to in order for the flavors to come together. Read More