When I first visited the Persian restaurant Sofreh soon after it opened in 2018, I found it likable but wasn’t blown away. The food had a rough-hewn quality that distracted from the subtlety of ...

The history of Persian cuisine is more than 2,500 years old: The culinary practices are deeply rooted in the culture associated with not just modern day Iran but also the Persian empire from which ...

When Kayvan Nikoufekr conceived his new Persian restaurant in Roslyn Heights, he wanted to showcase the authentic flavors of his native Iran, "with recipes as close to original as could be." ...

People often ask Sima Mohamadian two questions. If she was born in Iran, why does she own a Mexican restaurant instead of serving Persian cuisine? And, if she is not vegan or vegetarian ...