7pm
92nd Street Y
1395 Lexington Avenue
Naz Deravian celebrates Iran’s culinary heritage as she talks with food and culture writer Nilou Motamed about the story of her family’s journey from Tehran to Vancouver to the varied political, cultural and geographic forces at play across the Persian table.
At eight years old, Naz fled Iran with her family during the height of the 1979 Iranian Revolution and hostage crisis. Over the following decades, she moved from Italy to Canada to the United States, but she always carried with her the family traditions and recipes — steaming pomegranate and walnut chicken, barley and lentil soup, and tahdig, the crispy, golden jewels of rice that form a crust at the bottom of the pot — and adapted them to her new home. Join her as she discusses her journey, the meaning of home and the recipes that comprise the multi-hued canvas of a Persian meal.
A book signing follows the event.
Tickets: $29
