Rice Dishes, Chelows & Polows

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Food of Life

By Najmieh Batmanglij

Published 2011

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“Joseph Enthroned.” Painting from an Iranian manuscript, circa 1550. S1986.255.

Cat and Mouse

And seven elders of the mousey nation Were chosen as a special deputation– Each of them carried something rare and fine To give the cat: one bore a glass of wine And one a spit of lamb-kebab, another Took currants in a salver, while his brother Sported a tray of figs, one cheese he’d made, And one a syrup of sweet lemonade, One bore him yogurt, butter and fresh bread, The last a tray of rice upon his head. Obeyd-e Zakani, circa 1350

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