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 ...

Zeytoon Parvardeh, marinated olives with pomegranate molasses, garlic and walnuts from the Persian menu, Mondays and Tuesdays ...

Less ubiquitous is an author who merges the two, swiveling a mirror to look at both themself and their ancestral background.

Persian cuisine offers a delicate balance of contrasting flavors that have evolved over centuries, and is seasonally focused, nutritionally balanced, and remarkably varied. To build these flavors, ...

Persian cooking has much in common with other Middle Eastern cuisines, but its flavor combinations are unique, with gentle spicing and lavish use of fresh herbs. The Persian love of herbs and greens ...

Atlanta has long had its share of Persian restaurants, beloved for their rice dishes, flatbreads, platters of herbs and cheese, kebabs and roasted meats. Stephen Kaplan remembers growing up in Sandy ...

The Persian love cake—really something special—is a dessert that pulls you in with its mystical allure. From the first bite, ...

Chef Alon Shaya's Saba (5757 Magazine St., 504-324-7770) is serving Persian food to kick off a series of special menus of cuisines from the Middle East. The Persian menu is inspired by dishes from ...

The world is insanely small. I’m sitting outside a bakery-cafe in Tallinn, Estonia, called Røst; it makes amazing, elaborately latticed cardamom buns. A couple just sat down next to me. They live in ...