The chef celebrates Persian New Year with the traditional menu, a modern cocktail, and a dessert influenced by her travels through Greece. Elyse Inamine is a writer and editor based in New York City.

Sabzi Polo is traditionally served for Nowruz dinner or lunch. 'Sabz' in Persian means green and the abundance of fresh green herbs in this dish symbolizes new life and rebirth. Sabzi polo is ...

Spring’s green shades were a tonic saturating the dishes served at the Azizam pop-up dinner on Monday night, held in the space recently vacated by Konbi in Echo Park. The meal began with sabzi khordan ...

Growing up, Nowruz — or Persian New Year — was always celebrated in my home. It’s the kind of occasion where the food does most of the talking — as is the case with most of Persian culture. Falling on ...

Monday marked the beginning of spring, and that means celebrations commemorating the centuries-old holiday of Nowruz are underway. Commonly known as the Persian New Year, Nowruz translates to "new day ...

Durkhanai Ayubi laughed as she recalled peeling walnuts as a child for haft mewa, a beloved Nowruz dish of her native Afghanistan. To Ayubi, a restaurateur in Adelaide, Australia, it was always the ...

It's a holiday that involves jumping over fire, handing out money, and a feast that puts Thanksgiving to shame, but there's a good chance you've never heard of it. More than 500,000 Iranian Americans ...

Hosting can be a lot, especially when part of the game is having the soirée you put together look effortless. In this series, veteran party-throwers tell us how they pull off their highly specific, ...

The holiday marks the beginning of spring, with many in the diaspora celebrating with rebirth, renewal and, now, resistance in mind. By Naz Deravian Durkhanai Ayubi laughed as she recalled peeling ...