Iran: The Islamic Republic of Iran or Persia is the 18th most densely populated country in the world, with over 80 million ...

Baker Sean Nguyen, aka @seann_cooks, surprised his friend Ernika Rabiei by making Iranian pastry shrini danmarki. Her emotional reaction goes viral.

The city of Saveh in central Iran keeps one of its oldest traditions alive: the communal preparation of Samanu. The event ...

Roya Shariat doesn’t think of her cookbook “Maman and Me” as a Middle Eastern book. She co-wrote it with her mother, Gita Sadeh, and each page unfolds an Iranian-American recipe with gentle, firm ...

On an early evening in mid-March, I relaxed into a dinner that has become an annual tradition. The meal — celebrating Nowruz, the ancient rite of the vernal equinox, rooted in Zoroastrianism and ...

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 ...

Dianne de Guzman is the regional editor for Eater’s Northern California/Pacific Northwest sites, writing about restaurant and bar trends, upcoming openings, and pop-ups for the San Francisco Bay Area, ...

Owner Reza Ghobadi in his Tarzana restaurant's dining room (Photo by Josh Lurie) “Happy Birthday” signs decorated walls and chairs were situated on a stage by the window, remnants of a weekend party.

Nazli Parvizi, president of Brooklyn's Museum of Food and Drink (MOFAD), credits her cultural roots and background with shaping her passion for food and food history. Parvizi, a proud Iranian and self ...

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