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Persian Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving menu idea Roasted turkey or chicken with stuffing made with figs and almonds and a pumpkin kookoo with roasted sugared walnuts From our sofreh to yours Thanksgiving dinner recipes with Iranian flavors By Maryam Kamarei Sagheb November 13, 2003 The Iranian Thanksgiving seems to be every immigrant’s favorite holiday. It certainly is my family’s favorite, because unlike Christmas and…
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Torshi laboo
ratio of vinegar to water 2 to 1 cook beets inside the vinegar and water broth 2-3 garlic cloves, peeled Angelica – golpar 1 teaspoon (optional but good) Place beets in a large pot and fill with enough with water to cover. Bring to a boil and cook for 15 minutes, or until beets are tender enough to pierce with a fork. To avoid a mushy texture do not overcook. (You could also cook the beets…
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Doogh - Yogurt Drink
Doogh – Yogurt Drink
A beverage tracing its roots to ancient Persia and still one of the most popular summer drinks is in its simplest incarnation made from yogurt (diluted with cold water) plus some salt. and yogurt-based beverage ; ancient Persian carbonated and non-carbonated )non fizzy, Doogh can be light (diluted) or thick (undiluted) and the folk wisdom is that light doogh revives tiredness and thick doogh is…
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Guests & Rosewater - Mehmoon va Gol'ab
Guests & Rosewater – Mehmoon va Gol’ab
Ben Franklin (who I heart with all my heart) said that a guest bears a resemblance to fish, in that it begins to stink after a couple of days. Oh Ben! Fran Lebowiitz said: The worst thing you can have in your house are other people. (At the dinner party episode #163) That is so Fran Lebowitz. But in Iran there is a saying that “mehman morid’eh khoda’st” or literally: “a guest is a friend of…
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BLOOD APPLES & TALES OF THE HOOD
BLOOD APPLES & TALES OF THE HOOD
Apples are not my favorite fruit. In fact, they don’t even make it my Top 20 list. But everyone says apples are an exceptionally healthy fruit with many benefits. And by everyone, I mean there is a literal proverb in the English language that says: An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away. And in Iran, ditto, apples are given massive props for boosting health. With one caveat though, there’s a…
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Persimmon Khormaloo
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Digcheh: A little pot with LOTS of flair!
Digcheh: A little pot with LOTS of flair!
A few months ago, during a religious holiday, I was a guest at my cousin’s home in Tehran and lo, my cousin and her husband received a wonderful homemade goody from one of their acquaintances. That offering being none other than the good-looking edible object that you see in the photo. (The decorative fabric you see, by the way, is called “termeh” and it is a subject ripe for its own discussion.)…
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My Story in Iran told in Pix | An Ice Breaker!
My Story in Iran told in Pix | An Ice Breaker!
Yummy assortment of Persian pastry Hi y’all! Remember me? Of course not. I’ve been remiss and deserve not to have been missed. Yadi. Yada. To break this dry spell I’m just going to share the photos that I have in the very first 3 rows of my photo library on my phone – without exercising judgement or discretion but hopefully not without some taste – and tell you the tale of each image. By the…
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Fig & Quince English Language Podcasts?
Hi friends, I’m writing this post on my phone so I’ll keep it short and sweet. Some of you have asked for it, so I’m finally going to tape a few English language podcasts. Here’s your chance to ask talk about any topic or subjects you’re interested to hear about. I’ll combine the podcasts with a blog post to give you a good juicy multi-media experience. I’m taping these podcasts in a few days…
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A Smorgasbord of Sorts | Persian Style!
A Smorgasbord of Sorts | Persian Style!
Spring! (Haftseen illie by moi; beautiful photo by Dr. Bashi joon) Greetings friends! Spring has sprung in full bloom here – the “golden waterfall” and “wisteria” and myriad other flora are blooming in earnest all over Tehran – providing beauty and pollen and allergens. I never enjoyed any allergies whilst on the coast of East, but here in the Eastern world, I am totally prone to itchiness and…
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Coffee Actually
A javalicious chat with the co-founder of CoffeeXpress (photo by Noosha) Due to a bit of a profound bout of malaise (rooted in homesickness and work brouhaha and dashes of eeksetera & ouchsetera & yikescetera ) I indulged in a bit of laziness and stress eating but I am happy to spring out of it (somewhat dented but semi intact and once again energized even if slightly more rotund) – to bring to…
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Books + Film + Espresso + Food = Paradise
Books + Film + Espresso + Food = Paradise
Author, Writer, Film Buff, Foodie, Gentleman, Podcast guest Mohsen’s film column in the wonderful weekly @KargadanMagazine Hello again. As a refreshing change I’m keeping my promise (knock on wood, let’s not jinx it) to write a post here in liaison with each new podcast episode. For this latest episode of Fig & Quince Stories podcast I had a truly special guest, Mohsen Azarm, who is a film buff &…
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What's New Pussy Cat? ... Pizza & podcast sans pontification.
What’s New Pussy Cat? … Pizza & podcast sans pontification.
Interview with a foodie with a penchant for oversized rings! Hi guys! What’s new? Click below to read more! (more…)
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I devoured these Persian shirini with my eyes on my way to Alborz High School
Hello lovely folks! Here I am on a rainy Friday in Tehran tending to my blogging duties. I’m forsaking you not, so forsake me not! The world is going coocoo
Let’s dive in. I didn’t make any new year resolutions for 2017 but with Norooz (the Persian new year) looming oh so close, I do feel the pull of “shaking the house” tradition of spring cleaning and clearing and creating closures for loose ends. A “house” can have many literal and figurative meanings (not just our abode but our mind, our spirit, our thoughts, our relationships and all the places we store things and memories dear to us) and for me the strongest pull of organizing and cleaning up the clutter is to share long overdue stories and photos of my second epic visit to sojourn in Iran here with you. I am determined to pull this off and to avoid perfectionist traps that lead to paralysis, I’ll forego a clever or thematic structure of postings and stick to a loosey goosey photo essay format and start at the top of my iPhone album with whatever lies in wait for us there (never mind the season or relevance) and start sharing and purging away. Thus, it so happens that we commence with a photo-story of my encounter with Alborz High School.
The street sign for the high school is also called “Alborz”
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Alborz is the name of a glorious mountain range in Iran and it is also the name of one of the oldest and most illustrious high schools in Tehran. I wasn’t very familiar with Alborz High School, but in the course of Zeerak Media (the digital company I told you in an earlier post that started here in Tehran) working on a crowdfunding project on behalf of some Alborz alumni, I got to visit the school and get quite familiar with its past and current story and history. I can’t possibly articulate the full account here, it’ll be too long and tedious, and there are many things that I’d love to articulate that for one reason or another must remain unsaid. Let’s let the pictures tell a thousand words.
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Speaking of pictures, the team and crew of the prominent Iranian documentary filmmakers Mehrdad Oskoyee shot a poignant film about Alborz High School and I got to witness a bit part of it on one of my visits.
This is a snapshot of 2 adorable boys leaving the gymnasium.
Fig & Quince goes to Alborz HighSchool Hello lovely folks! Here I am on a rainy Friday in Tehran tending to my blogging duties.
Ghoreh to Grape to Dolmeh | A Food Odyssey
Ghoreh to Grape to Dolmeh | A Food Odyssey
Unripe grape (“ghoreh”) and grapevine growing in Darband, Tehran. Little Fateme with basket of fresh grape leaves | Tehran, Iran It takes a village to stuff grape leaves! | Tehran, Iran Yummy Persian grape leave dolmeh! Hi and hope you all had a delicious Thanksgiving! We had a pretty snow day on Thanksgiving day here in Tehran and I was torn between feeling rapt with the enjoyment of it in the…
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Persian Gulf, Golabatoon & Kooloocheh
Persian Gulf, Golabatoon & Kooloocheh
Hello hello hello! Is There Anybody Out There? (God, I love this album.) But seriously: Are any of y’all still reading here? The blog stat says that a good bunch of you all are still coming and visiting (thank you! thank you!) but I know I’ve been MIA and I’m truly sorry for the absence. Perchance it made the heart grow fonder? You see, my second epic trip to Iran (commenced circa September…
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Roxanne! With #breakfast (#Persian style) #bread this morning #MAPS #work #food #fun (at ارتفاعات دربند)