This Pot Roast with Persian Spices on Fingerling Potatoes is the perfect way to spice up your Sunday dinner routine! Luscious, flavorful, spicy but not at all hot–this is gateway food for anyone nervous of trying Middle Eastern food! Promise! Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing. I mentioned a bit…
Ash-e Anar (Persian Pomegranate Soup with Meatballs)
I almost forgot to share this recipe with you guys, which would have been a crime! It is that good! But boy it has been a weird month. The cruise was enough alone to make everything topsy turvy–I would love to say that we always get out of town in the winter but actually that…
Persian Rice and Beans with Pickled Red Onions and Fried Eggs, Sunny Side Up
I am becoming more and more obsessed with eggs. Which is weird, because in my previous, not obsessed with eggs life, I did not really even like eggs. Except after a night of too much drinking–then for some reason I craved scrambled eggs. Go figure. But I digress. The point being I never used to…
Persian Beef Khoresh with Tart Peaches
The lack of braised dishes is the single worst thing about summer (from a food perspective). Sometimes I give in and braise overnight, but for the most part I avoid braised dishes in the summer, both because they make the kitchen hot and also because they tend to be heavier, heartier dishes. But the kids…
Persian Gulf Split Pea Soup with Rice & Mint
So what is Mother Nature doing where you are? Is it as weird and crazy there? Temperatures all over the place, nonstop rain and storms, flooding, weird random sunshine when you least expect it (and probably cannot take advantage of it anyway if you have a traditional weekday job)…
New Year Noodle Soup
When I was editing the photos for this dish I had the exact same visceral reaction that I did upon seeing the photos at 101cookbooks: I want that soup and I want it now. If you’re a soup lover and a legume lover like me, this dish is pretty much nirvana. It’s simultaneously creamy and…
Persian Beef Stew
I love pot roast. Like, really love it. John, my husband, does not so much. I guess you could say he tolerates it. So I am always on the lookout for new and interesting ways to make what is essentially pot roast. This dish really qualifies more as a stew due to the amount of…