This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). The United Nations has marked 21 March as International Nowruz Day, commemorating a holiday that sees millions around the world eating, ...
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At her Palo Alto chocolate shop, Shekoh Confections, Iranian chocolatier Shekoh Moussavi transforms prized ingredients like rose and saffron into gourmet European-style confections. But one of her ...
It started with ghormeh sabzi. In 2016 Arya Ghavamian began cooking the Iranian stew in his tiny New York apartment and inviting his friends over. One of them, Mani Nilchiani, would bring his setar, a ...
Iranian and other Persian communities gathered Sunday at 2727 California St. for the indoor Nowruz Market in celebration of Nowruz, or the Persian New Year. The market, which consisted of a collection ...
On the first day of spring the smell of new beginnings waft through the air. Hyacinth and tulips bloom. Fresh green grasses bud. Inside a Persian kitchen, though, fragrant aromas of saffron, herbs, ...
Con Poulos for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Simon Andrews. Prop Stylist: Paige Hicks. Nowruz falls on the vernal equinox (this year, that’s Sunday at 11:33 a.m. Eastern in the Northern Hemisphere ...
(CNN) — Just as spring is a time for rebirth, the Persian New Year is a time to celebrate new life. Nowruz is celebrated on the spring equinox, which this year is on Thursday, March 20. This ...