Desserts, Sherbets, Teas & Brews

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From Persia to Napa: Wine at the Persian Table

By Najmieh Batmanglij

Published 2015

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The grape said to the farmer, “Sunlight fell

From far away and made my belly swell:

For a hundred days, and seventy, and three,

Here in the sun’s bed, sunlight’s served me well.”

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Raisin manufacturing near Qazvin, Iran.

A Persian silver-gilded decanter from the sixth century depicting a vintaging scene.