As a Persian woman born in France and raised in San Francisco, Ms. Ansari, 38, knew she didn’t want a typical Sofreh Aghd. “I wanted to personalize it,” said Ms. Ansari.

In its new iteration, Sofreh Cafe is serving items like tahini date banana bread ($8), latifeh (a cookie sandwich with rose cream and pistachio, $8), milk bread with nigella seeds ($5, or $12 when ...

But sofreh is so much deeper than that. There are so many other lovely cultural words attached to it, like Persian New Year, sofreh haft-seen. Or when we make charitable food for large groups of ...

Feast on 'Sofreh' — a book that celebrates Persian cooking, past and future Updated August 2, 2023 8:14 AM ET Originally published July 30, 2023 8:02 AM ET Heard on Weekend Edition Sunday ...

Back in 2021, Sofreh Cafe opened in Bushwick to much fanfare. Given the success of Sofreh, the Persian restaurant that kick-started an years-long revamping of the cuisine within New York's ...

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.

DE PERE — Sofreh Eatery will open for business this week, taking its place as the first Persian café in the Green Bay area. The restaurant, 353 Main Ave., Suite B in De Pere, will have a soft ...

Sofreh Cafe opened in 2021 in Bushwick selling pastries laced with rosewater, studded with pistachios, and sprinkled with cardamom. A short-lived project that closed a couple of months later, it ...

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.

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.

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 ...