Emmy-winning Shohreh Aghdashloo, who also received the first Academy Award nomination for an Iranian actress, leads us on a Persian food crawl. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times) Spending an ...

Small jars of tangy, crimson sumac sit on each table, complementing the gem tones throughout the split-level dining room. Palette matches palate for owner Naz Kiani: Warm color and rich spice tie ...

While Iran might not be on everyone's hit parade in today's world, Iranian food is very popular in Los Angeles, and there are a large number of excellent Persian restaurants throughout the Los Angeles ...

There was a time when — if you had a hankering for nice plate or kashke bademjan, tahdig or fesenjoon — you had to negotiate the terrors of the Ventura Freeway, and the quirks of the 405, to make your ...