For some it is a relaxing day with loved ones, for some it is a revelry of food, fun and frolic. Do you know that one of the ...

Thursday, March 20, 2025, marks the Persian New Year, or Nowruz, a holiday that's been celebrated for several millenniums, ...

I was trying to get into her life,” Khalid Mehdiyev said of targeting activist Masih Alinejad. “I was trying to get the easy ...

while in Iran, khane tekani (spring cleaning) marks the start of festivities. But the common denominator is food — and lots of it. The plov rice dish is often the centrepiece of a Nowruz meal.

“In Iran, we cook the rice first and then steam ... The kids were always helping with preparing the food,” she recalls. “That connection with nature, that picking of the herbs, chasing ...

Omid Roustaei is an Iranian-American chef who's on a mission to demystify Iranian cooking. His new cookbook, “Bitter and Sweet,” is a collection of recipes and stories from his childhood ...

In 1983, an Iranian friend took me out for my first taste of Persian food. The first thing we ate was sabzi khordan, the plate of vegetables, cheese, and herbs that often welcomes people at the table.

U.S. President Donald Trump has explicitly linked the actions of Yemen’s Houthi rebels to the group’s main benefactor, Iran.

“To us in Persian food, herbs are not treated as little, cute things you put on the side of the plate, but rather herbs to us are vegetables,” said Roustaei, author of the new cookbook ...