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10/11/2026

Why are there exactly seven days in a week? Look up. For thousands of years people saw only seven lights that moved against the stars: the Sun, the Moon, and the five visible planets.
Ancient Babylonians tracked them carefully. Then Persian empires and Sogdian scholars carried the idea across Asia and into Europe — naming each day after one of those celestial bodies:
Sunday — the day of the Sun (Mehrshid)
Monday — the day of the Moon (Mahshid)
Tuesday — the day of Mars (Bahramshid)
Wednesday — the day of Mercury (Tirshid)
Thursday — the day of Jupiter (Ormazdshid)
Friday — the day of Venus (Nahidshid)
Saturday — the day of Saturn (Keyvanshid)
This planetary week traveled the Silk Road to China and westward to Rome. English still hides the same secret: Sun-day, Moon-day, and the gods who stood in for the planets.
Seven moving lights in the sky became the seven days that structure our lives. An ancient observation that still runs the world.

10/11/2026

Best Persian Food!
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10/09/2026

Stop saying cheese. Cheese pulls your mouth wide and flattens your cheeks. Say prune. Slowly. You get the trout pout. You get the cheekbones. That is the better picture. Tag the person who still says cheese.

10/08/2026

Hunger in a Persian house is not a mood. It is an emergency.
Goshnameh. Then someone opens the fridge they already checked. Then: when is the food ready? Then do not offer tea.
Which one do you say the most?

10/06/2026

Combo boxes off the grill. Koobideh, joojeh, rice. Then the plates. Then Ghormeh Sabzi and Gheymeh.
Come hungry.

10/06/2026

No accent. Built a life here. Still get asked, “Where are you really from?”
For a lot of second-generation Iranian Americans, the hard part is not the accent their parents paid for. It is the quiet middle.
Two rooms. Neither one fully opens the door.

10/05/2026

In Iran, bread is not a side. It is the meal.
The Persian word is nan. Sangak is the long one, stretched over hot pebbles. Lavash is the thin one, soft enough to wrap a bite of kabob. Taftoon bakes on the wall of a tannur. Barbari is thick, ridged, and golden.
Torn warm. Set beside the grill.

Maman says eat this if you want a healthy brain. Walnuts, blueberries, eggs, avocado, and fatty fish. Real food. A balan...
10/05/2026

Maman says eat this if you want a healthy brain. Walnuts, blueberries, eggs, avocado, and fatty fish. Real food. A balanced plate. Not a miracle.

10/04/2026

Don’t send flowers. Send this.
Koobideh, joojeh, and chenjeh, wrapped like a bouquet and fresh off the flame. Cucumber lilies. Radish roses. Pepper tulips. Zero vase required.
Tag the person you’re feeding.

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4531 Wisconsin Avenue NW
Washington D.C., DC
20016

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