Don’t read this if you’re hungry, because we’re talking holiday desserts. I’ve made Christmas cookies and babka before, but this holiday baking season I wanted to try something the Persian side of my ...

Faloodeh is older than San Francisco, and even older than Jesus — about 400 years older, posits Wikipedia. The traditional Persian dessert of frozen vermicelli noodles, corn starch, sorbet or shaved ...

This recipe appeared originally on The Nosher. As a kid in Hebrew school, I learned that my classmates would have apples and honey and round challah at Rosh Hashanah to bring in the Jewish New Year, ...

Mona Holmes is an editor at Eater Southern California/Southwest, a regular contributor at KCRW radio, and a 2022 James Beard Award nominee. Delight Pastry’s owner and pastry chef Lily Azar and her ...

There are soups and soups. And then there is Persian pistachio soup. To make this delicacy of modest mien —its mingling of pale green and yellow dotted with red pomegranate seeds — you begin with ...