Robert Sietsema is the former Eater NY senior critic with more than 35 years of experience covering dining in New York City. So why not an Iranian wine bar? That’s just what Reza Parhizkaran thought ...

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 ...

Finding the right wine to pair with your dinner often can be easy. Having a steak? Try a merlot or cabernet sauvignon. If it’s fish, a chardonnay will often work. But what if you’re having Persian ...

The wine was most likely bred in French region associated with Knight who brought Persian vine home from the crusades A long-held legend has it that the Shiraz grape comes from the city called Shiraz ...

In “A Bitter Education,” TNR, 4/9/26, Pankaj Mishra writes: In its quiescence to the West’s war on Iran, India is squandering a precious legacy. Jawaharlal Nehru wrote in The Discovery of India that ...

It takes a village — to plan a wine dinner. Or, at least a throng of enthusiastic palates.That’s certainly been the case with Accent on Persia, the latest in a series of themed dinners I’ve hosted for ...

There are many different tales about the beginning of wine with one especially interesting tale involving the legendary Persian king, Jamshed and his harem. According to the legend the king banished ...

It is no secret that Yossi Yittach, owner of Katlav Winery produces some of the best wine Israel has to offer, but don’t make the grave mistake I did of calling him a winemaker.”I don’t make the wine, ...

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