Mahin Alavi brought her Persian recipes here to America and has carried on her traditions here in the US where she makes family-style plates such as Saffron Rice, Chicken with Barberries and rustic, hearty Celery Stew with Lamb. You will fall in love with Mahin's warmth and her wonderful dishes just as we did.

Carrying on the influence of her mother, who frequently welcomed 20-50(!) guests for dinner, Azita Bina-Seibel creates home-style Persian cuisine at her award-winning restaurant Lala Rokh on Beacon Hill. Her versatile Mirza Ghasemi is a fragrant eggplant & tomato appetizer or entree with her creative spin of lots & lots of garlic.

Call it a casserole; call it stew; call it a cassoulet. We call it a pot of rich & hearty goodness. Rembs Layman of Tupelo uses his Southern-influenced style to create Cajun Duck Cassoulet, a labor of love, with duck confit & andouille sausage. While artist/illustrator Ben Bronstein offers his version of a white bean & tomato Vegetarian Cassoulet, topped with tiles of crusty golden baguette.