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Mast-o-Musir ~ Persian Dip With Yogurt & Shallots

Posted in Appetizers, Budget Friendly, Celebrations, Childhood Memories, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 4, 2009 | 7 Comments »

Today’s newest recipe post is one of The Sous Chef’s favorites: Mast-o-musir, which is a delicious combination of Lebni and shallots. Must-o-musir literally means yogurt and shallots in Farsi.
As you may have noticed there is a lot of memory associated with a lot of food that I love eat and cook.  I love sharing, so [...]

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Persian Bazaar in Rancho Palos Verdes

Posted in Celebrations, Persian Culture, tagged , , , , , , , on March 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Dear PK readers,
I have some very exciting news to share with everyone.  Tonight I was invited to a very fun evening with a few lovely Persian Ladies who are members of The Iranian American Society in Palos Verdes.  For the past few nights these ladies have been hard at work gearing up for their “Annual [...]

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Happy Sepandarmazgan

Posted in Celebrations, Persian Culture, tagged , , , , , on February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I received an email about today being the day of Sepandarmazgan.  I don’t think I had ever heard of the existence or celebration of this day before. I am copying and pasting the narrative (with some minor edits as some parts of the original did not make much sense as it looked like the info [...]

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The return of my Hyacinth

Posted in Celebrations, Everyday Life, tagged , , , , on January 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

As of today we are exactly 56 days away from the Persian New Year known as Norouz.  The front plant that you see in the picture above is a purple hyacinth that I bought last year from our Haft Seen.  I decided to keep it and cut down the leaves once the flower was gone [...]

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