After flying back from Mazar to Kabul, I spend the day exploring the city through its traditional food — from smoky chopan ...

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 ...

When couple Paul Iglesias and Sophia Akbar decided to open the contemporary Afghan restaurant Jaji, it took some time to get the menu just right. Besides satisfying their own palates and tastes after ...

When searching for Afghan restaurants in the United States on the Michelin Guide website, there is only one result: Lapis in Washington, D.C, which has a "Bib Gourmand" distinction. While not a highly ...

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,” ...

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 ...

A restaurant in Oakland scheduled to open January 30 is seeking to bring the cuisine of Afghanistan to new heights. Jaji, co-owned by Sophia Akbar and Paul Iglesias of Parche, will walk the line ...

We’ve heard all about the heart, but does absence make the palate grow fonder, too? If it’s top-notch Afghan cuisine — something the Valley’s been deprived of since the early ’90s — then the answer is ...

Deb Pressey, The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. Oct. 2—Afghan Cuisine restaurant and catering has opened for business at its new location in the former El Toro spot at 723 S. Neil St., C. The ...

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