Persian food blog

It’s that time of the year again! Yes, pomegranates are in season which means it’s time for Pomegranate Week here on MPK! I can hardly believe that this is the third year that I am featuring Pom Week!!!!!!! Read More

A few months back I purchased crushed Persian Dried Limes from the store for the Rice with Shrimp and Fresh Herb Persian Golf-Style I was cooking.  The packet was pretty big and at the time I didn’t even think about the fact that I could have just crushed some of the whole dried limes I had at home and used them. Read More

The tomato plant that I have in my garden is full of tomatoes. I can’t even begin to tell you how exciting it is to have home grown tomatoes!!! …
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The weather in LA for the past few days has been gloomy and a bit on the cooler side.  We are officially into the fall season which means soups are back on the menu for us. Growing up chicken soup meant a type of soup that usually had chicken in it as well as some vegetables, pretty much like the recipe for Chicken Soup that I posted 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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At the beginning of the summer I had every intention of going to an orchard a couple of hours north of Los Angeles to pick some Sour Cherries.  I missed the first weekend the orchard was open for picking and sure enough I got an email saying that they were out.  Missed chance! I figured my local market would probably bring some in at some point Read More

Last week the temperatures in Southern California reached triple digits while out in the East Coast Hurricane Irene was causing some serious havoc. The mood was strange and the heat was just about unbearable. While at my local Persian Market I came across a stack of huge Kharbozeh, Read More

One of the many fruits that takes me right back to my childhood in Iran are cherries. I have always loved cherries and it might possibly be because we had three cherry trees in my grandmother’s backyard. This meant that we never had to purchase cherries when they were in season because the trees provided us with plenty for ourselves Read More

Today I am posting the third recipe for the Food of Life series. I hope you all enjoyed the last two recipes as much as I did! Today’s recipe was …
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The second recipe of the Food of Life series is Sohan-e qom.  This is definitely a must try!  I was immediately intrigued by the picture of this recipe. One of the things that I love about the 25th anniversary edition of Food of Life is the abundance of pictures that go with the corresponding recipes. Read More