Chef Alon Shaya's Saba (5757 Magazine St., 504-324-7770) is serving Persian food to kick off a series of special menus of cuisines from the Middle East. The Persian menu is inspired by dishes from ...

People go to Shirin for food and fun; they get both in portions as big as those on their platters, says food critic.

A new restaurant serving a fusion of Persian and American cuisine is preparing to open in a north Columbus neighborhood.

Owner Reza Ghobadi in his Tarzana restaurant's dining room (Photo by Josh Lurie) “Happy Birthday” signs decorated walls and chairs were situated on a stage by the window, remnants of a weekend party.

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 ...

Last November, chef Matteo Lo Bianco took a crash course in Persian food. Each day he’d show up at Farzad Shahsavarani’s house and begin cooking under the eye of his former boss, and his sister ...