My mom’s friend Shalah Williams, from Isfahan, Iran, Shared her amazing quince and apple koresh recipes with us. I’ve been making variations on them for years because they’re so simple, requiring no super-specialized ingredients or equipment, and yet they seem so different from ordinary meat stews. Incidentally, one thing I find charming about these rich, hearty, slightly sweet Persian stews is how they are named after the fruit they contain rather than the me