Then the music started, and a crew of nine began a full run-through of “Song of the North,” an elaborate shadow puppet staging of stories from the 10th-century Persian epic the “Shahnameh.” ...

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Though Los Angeles is more known for its Persian restaurants, these days, New York can hold its own. With a flock of new restaurant openings, New York Persians are taking their hometown cuisine to ...

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With its bountiful use of fruits in many forms (pomegranate molasses, sun-dried limes), vibrant inclusion of fragrant and fresh herbs, and symbolic thread of saffron throughout, Persian cuisine ...

State visits to Britain have followed more or less the same pattern for well over a century. It wasn't always like that. Things went a bit awry during the 40 years of Queen Victoria's widowhood.