The Sofreh Aghd is a symbolic wedding display that involves a variety of rituals. But many couples are choosing to add their own modern twist. By Jenny Block Weddings are steeped in tradition, but ...

At Sofreh, the concept of a garnish might as well not exist. Do a close reading of the menu, and you’ll notice that those herbs, fruits, and nuts get main billing, right alongside things like ...

Alikhani was 59 when she opened the restaurant in 2018, and she says what may have been insurmountable disadvantages in a cutthroat industry – her immigrant identity, gender and age – have ...

When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down New York’s restaurants, owners and workers were left scrambling. This is the story of how the people at one restaurant, Sofreh, navigated 18-plus world ...

Sofreh is a new cookbook from celebrated chef and author Nasim Alikhani. "If we as immigrants become stuck in the past, we deprive ourselves of the opportunities our new space has provided," she says.

TEHRAN – In every language and culture, there are some untranslatable words and terms which do not have equivalents in other languages. ‘sofreh’ in Persian language is in this category. Sofreh, ...

As you enter through Sofreh’s all-black facade, there’s a bar on the right among whitewashed arches, next to a kitchen that makes artful use of corrugated tin, then a congregation of tables in ...

Sofreh is a new cookbook from celebrated chef and author Nasim Alikhani. "If we as immigrants become stuck in the past, we deprive ourselves of the opportunities our new space has provided," she says.