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On the family shop, the people who came through it, and the five years I spent trying to get out, with a coconut cake and coconut pastry cream recipe.
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On losing the ability to read, six months of English, and the long way back, with a pistachio and cardamom cake recipe.
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On loss, halva, and the things a father passes down, with the Persian halva my family makes in remembrance.
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On reinvention, a Gibson Les Paul, and the gap between who you think you look like and who you actually look like, with a classic Victoria sponge recipe.
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On my father’s orchard outside Tehran, a donkey with its own ideas, and plans that never quite hold, with an apricot frangipane tart recipe.
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On parenthood, a son’s soccer goal, and the berry chantilly cake both my children agree on.
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A childhood summer in Tehran, the 1982 Brazil team, and a lesson in how to move through the world — with a Brazilian pavê recipe.
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On childhood in Tehran, change, and the bitterness of losing small things — with a chocolate ganache layer cake recipe.
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Why the things we make with our hands matter more than we’re supposed to admit — plus the browned-butter, milk-powder cookie that started it all.
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