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  • 10, June
    Rice (or berenj in Iranian) is all important in Iran. There are specialist shops where you buy nothing but rice.…
  • 10, June
    This may well be my last post from my trips to Iran and it is a problematic one because even…
  • 8, June
    Anissa: It has been quite a while since Charles Perry did a guest post here but following a discussion and various questions…
  • 8, June
    I had been wanting to meet Najaf Daryabandari ever since a London friend had told me about the fascinating lunch he’d had with him…
  • 8, June
    This month’s belly dancer is very elegant for a change, and as a result perhaps a little boring. She is…
  • 8, June
    I have a wonderful Italian friend who always brings me delicious offerings when he returns from his travels. Sopressata from…
  • 8, June
    It is one year exactly since the Syrian revolution began and one year and a half since I last visited.…
  • 8, June
    nasrine's dinner party Today is Iranian new year or Nowruz and I am posting the last of my Iranian adventures which was…
  • 8, June
    Adult Infinity Pool I have been wanting to go to Mexico for years and for a moment, I thought I…
  • 8, June
    I am just back from a wonderful trip to Mendoza in Argentina where I was for the Park Hyatt Masters of…