Not actually roast lamb, no. See bonus recipe below…We’ll never make good food writers. We keep creating nice stuff to eat, and then eating it before we remember to take Pinterest-worthy photos of the dish. But hey – a tasty dish in the tummy is worth two on the food-stylist’s table, no? But we did…
Category: Recipes
Recipes from Persepolis and beyond…
Football Fodder: Flatbread Pinwheels
The World Cup has to be one of the biggest Snack-Fests in the world calendar. All over the world grown and not-yet-grown men are grabbing grub (and maybe a beer or two) whilst they cheer, gasp, weep, boo and cheer again. Whilst I don’t entirely get it myself, I do like to feed people. And…
Meat-on-Sticks Photo of the Month: Chopan Kabob, Afghanistan. With added recipe.
Sun’s out, barometers are swinging into action, a lot of whiter-than-white legs have suddenly gone on show (along with the depressing realisation that the playsuit has remained ‘in vogue’ for yet another year), and every pub garden in the land is rammed. Must be time for the official launch of that strange institution, the British…
Khoresht-e-Gheimeh Sibzamini: Chip Stew
The recipe for this very popular, classic Iranian dish has somehow escaped all of our newsletters and books. Until now. We had it for dinner last night at Persepolis Towers – jah-ye-shoma khali boud* It was so nice that we ate it all before we thought that we should perhaps take a photo and write…
Red Kidney Bean + Labneh Dip
This was an experiment in our deli counter (and we do like experimenting on our customers). A rather successful one. So we thought we’d share it with you. A super-simple cupboard staple party dip which could double as an accompaniment to sausages, a filling for jacket potatoes or a sandwich spread. Perfect Snackistan fare in…
