Food & Beverage

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Persian Saffron Rice Pudding

A couple of weeks ago, when I was visiting my family in Tehran, I had the honor of being present for my aunt’s annual ceremony of preparing Sholeh Zard, a traditional Persian saffron rice pudding. Unfortunately, she doesn’t use a recipe of any kind that I can share here, but watching the process was truly […]

Kitchen 101: Cutting

Learn the basics on cutting in Katie Goodman’s Kitchen 101 article that’s posted up today. Katie writes: Many around the world have resolved to start cooking more in 2010. I’m a firm believer that anyone can follow a simple recipe once educated on some basic terms. If you don’t know what chop, cube, dice, julienne, […]