When Storai Jalali and her husband Murtaza moved to State College in 2022 as refugees from Kabul, Afghanistan, the first thing they missed was Afghan food. “Our culture doesn’t exist in this area,” ...

Sophia Akbar, the co-founder and co-owner of Oakland restaurants Parche and Jaji, was born and grew up in Walnut Creek. New Concord restaurant Mazza is offering an authentic taste of Afghanistan At ...

Until the U. S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, Americans who thought of Afghanistan at all thought of it as a remote, mountainous and landlocked country, first a pawn in the Cold War, then oppressed ...

Becoming a restaurant owner was not in Nelofar Mayar’s plans, but her love of Greenville and of sharing her culture and food have merged in a beautiful way that she never expected. At Mayar’s Aryana ...

When Mohib Sadat opened his new restaurant in Concord earlier this year, he decided to name it Mazza, which means “taste” in his native Afghanistan. The taste of Afghanistan is exactly what he was ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — When we visited Beach Kabob House, three generations of the Miran family worked side by side. “It’s nice to have family and it’s nice working around with family. I enjoy working ...

The first time Waigal Safi posted a public video of his cooking, it was like condensing a piece of his soul into an Instagram reel. “It was like all my fears and all my insecurities combined into one, ...

A very warm night tonight followed by a fire weather watch for sunday ...

Foreword -- Preface -- Editors' note -- Acknowledgements -- Part 1: Introductory Chapters -- Stepping inside: culture through the windows of art and literature / Arley Loewen -- Guided tour of ...

Refugee chef Storai Jalali launched Kabul Plate to share Afghan cuisine locally. Kabul Plate offers catering, live cooking events and rotating take-out menus. Jalali prepares all dishes from scratch ...