Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 12/19/2018 — Trend alert: If you haven’t already noticed, Persian rugs (also referred to as oriental rugs) are making a big splash ...

Some of the most precious memories that our good friend Mona has from her childhood are the summers she spent with her grandmother Mamamohtaram in Tehran. Her grandmother lived on the ground floor of ...

Unless you’ve been on a Pinterest cleanse and abstaining from design magazines lately, you’ve no doubt seen a plethora of kitchens outfitted with gorgeous Turkish and Persian rugs. Gone are the days ...

Iranians and the Persian diaspora will be celebrating the arrival of spring and a new year on March 20. Norouz, the Persian new year, has its roots in Zoroastrian rituals dating back to the second ...

We have yet to get to Johns Creek to enjoy a meal at Persian Basket Kitchen & Bar, but recently we were treated to one of its new offerings: a prepared Persian meal they ship directly to your door.

In Iran, kashcool is a traditional clay thermos, the only possession that Kufi people value. Kufis (Dervishes in Farsi) are models of anti-materialism, fueled solely by a desire to get closer to God.

“Food is a common language around the world. It doesn’t need translating. It doesn’t need explanation,” Atoosa Sepehr says. Its real magic, as she shows in From a Persian Kitchen, the 2018 cookbook on ...