Embark on an incredible food tour through Iran and discover the hidden culinary treasures that mainstream media like CNN won’t show you! From vibrant street food to traditional Persian dishes, this ...

For many Persian families, a meal is a kind of performance. It’s saffron-stained fingertips clouding a freshly sacrificed manicure. Chimes of chatter between khalehs and other aunties playing an ...

For the fourth year in a row, the Nowruz festival is making its way to Downtown Phoenix. Arizonans are invited to celebrate the arrival of spring alongside the Iranian community, welcoming the new ...

When Mariam Shahsavarani was choosing a name for her new Persian fine-dining restaurant — likely the first of its kind in Chicago — she knew exactly whom she wanted to honor. Her grandmother, after ...

KQED’s Silicon Valley Unseen is a series of photo essays, original reporting and underreported histories that survey the tech capital’s overlooked communities and subcultures from a local perspective.

The first glimpse of a plate of food deposited before us at a restaurant summons a range of indicative grunts. Sometimes, the plating and the portion size underwhelm. Other times, they impress. At ...

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 ...

Joui Wine in Dayton’s Fire Blocks District will be transformed into a traditional meykhaneh when it features five courses of Persian food paired with four wines on Wednesday, June 19. Owner Lauren Gay ...

There was a time when — if you had a hankering for nice plate or kashke bademjan, tahdig or fesenjoon — you had to negotiate the terrors of the Ventura Freeway, and the quirks of the 405, to make your ...

Sara Akhavan is a writer, creative director, and marketing professional living in Southern California by way of North Carolina. For many Persian families, a meal is a kind of performance. It’s saffron ...