The smell of burning charcoal at Farmers Market in downtown San Luis Obispo brings people to authentic Persian kebabs each Thursday night. Shekamoo Grill is known for its stand at the market — and now ...

Love any of these recipes? Tap "Save" to add them to MyRecipes, your new, free recipe box for Food & Wine. Though this recipe can be made with plain whole-milk yogurt, it's worth seeking out Iranian ...

Cottonwood Heights • The lemonade is bright green from all the blended mint, and it pops with real ginger. The olive appetizer, marinated in pomegranate syrup, zings. And the chicken stew is tart, ...

Few dishes are lovelier to me than the plate of herbs, salty white cheese and butter that is put out at the start of every Persian meal. I smash a lump of the feta-like cheese and a sprig of basil ...

At Rumi’s Kitchen, the Persian restaurant opening today near Mt. Vernon Square that’s already recognized as one of Atlanta’s top dining attractions, chef and owner Ali Mesghali measures success in ...

As we finish an appetizer of crispy rice smothered in stew at Amoo’s Restaurant in McLean, Jason and Yeganeh Rezaian begin rhapsodizing about tahdig, the layer of crusty, almost chewy grains that sit ...

People go to Shirin for food and fun; they get both in portions as big as those on their platters, says food critic.

We followed it with Persian tea and bamieh, a traditional sweet that’s basically a small, crispy ball of dough soaked in sugar syrup. Our final stop was Sahand Restaurant, where we watched them make ...

Persian New Year, also known as “Nowruz” or “Nooruz,” which literally translates as “new day,” celebrates the start of a new year on the Persian calendar. This year’s celebration, which took place on ...

When Caspian Kabob, one of Portland’s best Persian food carts, closed at the end of 2019, the plan was to reopen someday with a full restaurant. Nearly two years and a pandemic later, Victor and Tracy ...