When it was published – to considerable acclaim – in England last year, James Buchan’s “The Persian Bride” was titled “A Good Place to Die. The English title sets up more appropriate expectations ...

Savor the flavor and laugh along with the author as Reyna Simnegar teaches you about Persian cookery and life. Feldheim Publishing has done an outstanding job of presenting a handsome cookbook with ...

But as a visitor from another religion, I had the same giddy sense of discovery that I might have had if I’d slipped in undetected. The experience was new for me on two levels. I had neither been to a ...