There was a time when — if you had a hankering for nice plate or kashke bademjan, tahdig or fesenjoon — you had to negotiate the terrors of the Ventura Freeway, and the quirks of the 405, to make your ...

Moshe and Ellie Edison moved to Las Vegas from Los Angeles a year ago with their three children and a dream of opening a restaurant. They opened Ace of Steaks, a kosher steakhouse and Persian grill, ...

It’s January and most of us hunger for healthful foods that aren’t boring. Irvine Grill, which opened in September during the pandemic, is worth a fresh look, having just added lunch deals to the menu ...

Last November, chef Matteo Lo Bianco took a crash course in Persian food. Each day he’d show up at Farzad Shahsavarani’s house and begin cooking under the eye of his former boss, and his sister ...

Chef Alon Shaya's Saba (5757 Magazine St., 504-324-7770) is serving Persian food to kick off a series of special menus of cuisines from the Middle East. The Persian menu is inspired by dishes from ...