With Nowruz on the horizon, my thoughts turned to reshteh polo, a Persian noodle and rice dish studded with sweet dates and raisins. Then my uncle passed away. The last time I had reshteh polo was ...

Translating to “noodle rice”, it’s an unusual mix, for sure. But Persians have never been afraid to double carb. This dish combines rice with toasted Persian noodles (“reshteh”), which ...