1.You will need ten 1-inch metal skewers. 2.In a food processor, finely chop the onion pieces. Place a fine metal mesh over a bowl and strain the processed onion by pressing it with a spatula. Discard ...

ANAHEIM I stopped by King Kabob Express restaurant at lunchtime, drawn in by the aromas and large photos of tasty-looking food on the windows, after visiting the Super King Market next door. At the ...

Weekends in front of Oasis Food Market on Telegraph Avenue in Oakland, a guy named Essi sets up a sidewalk grill on which he cooks half a dozen kinds of Iranian kababs. Essi's squat, with black curls ...

Editor's note: Originally published in November 2022. Updated November 2025. With experience in fine dining kitchens as well as kitchens like the family-owned Greenfield Restaurant in Lancaster, the ...

An elfish, elderly woman dodders up to my table at Woodfire Kabob and rests her tiny hands on the edge to balance herself. She stares at my plate, her gaze lingering for several seconds before she ...

Maybe I'm an unserious person, but every time Obama and Bibi get in a fight about Iran, my stomach growls. Every bit as much as the politics, Persian food is rich and complex, singular in its history.