In 1983, an Iranian friend took me out for my first taste of Persian food. The first thing we ate was sabzi khordan, the plate of vegetables, cheese, and herbs that often welcomes people at the table.

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“In Iran, we cook the rice first and then steam ... The kids were always helping with preparing the food,” she recalls. “That connection with nature, that picking of the herbs, chasing ...

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that the only good Persian food is the food you make at home. A lot of times, it’s true. There are ways to get around this, like asking for sour-not-sweet fesenjan at restaurants, or to ask for ...