Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For Persian New Year, one of the items people place on their Haft-seen, or altar, is wheatgrass. - Shutterstock Editor’s Note: ...

Leila Heller, the president of contemporary art galleries in New York and Dubai, happens to also be the author of one of the most beautiful cookbooks released this year. Titled "Persian Feasts" — and ...

Nazanin Ash is the CEO of Welcome.US, a national initiative built to inspire, mobilize, and empower Americans from all corners of the country to welcome and support those seeking refuge here. Naz is ...

Mahin Gilanpour Motamed is the mother of Nilou Motamed, a former editor in chief of Food & Wine. Motamed, who fled Iran with her family after the Iranian Revolution, has contributed classic Iranian ...

(CNN) — Just as spring is a time for rebirth, the Persian New Year is a time to celebrate new life. Nowruz is celebrated on the spring equinox, which this year is on Thursday, March 20. This ...