Good morning! I hope everyone had a delicious Thanksgiving.
Here’s tonight’s menu. As usual, we’re at Porsena Extra Bar, 21 E. 7th Street in Manhattan, between…

Over here at Porsena we are marinating fish in saffron, caramelizing onions, and folding perfect phyllo triangles to make sambuseh, all for tonight’s dinner.
Before I…

One of the best things about doing the pop-up is meeting the many Iranians and Iranian Americans who have found their way to Lakh Lakh.…

Did everyone watch last night’s episode of Bourdain’s Parts Unknown, featuring Iran? I only got to see parts of it, but what I saw was…

I’m very excited this week because we’ve been trying out different brands of lavash bread, and nothing has been quite perfect. Tonight, someone is bringing…

I’m excited that this past week I got to write about tahini for the Wall Street Journal. This is one of my favorite ingredients. Check…

I just finished making a sauce of tamarind, onions, garlic, fenugreek, and cilantro for tonight’s Mahi Kari, aka Southern Iranian style curry fish, and it…

Last week we were thrilled to have the folks from Tasting Table come by and write about the food at Lakh Lakh, my weekly pop-up.…

It’s my birthday, and it’s also the 3rd installment of Lakh Lakh, my Persian street food pop-up at Porsena Extra Bar. We’ll be serving a…

I’m thrilled to announce that I’m starting a weekly Monday night pop-up dinner featuring Iranian street food and home cooking. The dinners are based on…

Last week I was on the phone with my cousin chatting about her recent trip to Iran. She spent the whole time in Tehran, visiting…