When couple Paul Iglesias and Sophia Akbar decided to open the contemporary Afghan restaurant Jaji, it took some time to get the menu just right. Besides satisfying their own palates and tastes after ...

Sophia Akbar, the co-founder and co-owner of Oakland restaurants Parche and Jaji, was born and grew up in Walnut Creek. New Concord restaurant Mazza is offering an authentic taste of Afghanistan At ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Chelsea Davis is a SF based journalist covering food, drink & travel. Touted as the Bay Area’s first ever contemporary Afghan ...

SERVING VISIT. OMAHA TAKES US TO BENSON 61ST AND MAPLE FOR SHAHEEN’S AFGHAN CUISINE. SO EXCITED FOR THIS ONE. I’M JOINED BY ORMAN TODAY. OMAHA. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US. PLEASURE. THANK YOU.

When Storai Jalali and her husband Murtaza moved to State College in 2022 as refugees from Kabul, Afghanistan, the first thing they missed was Afghan food. “Our culture doesn’t exist in this area,” ...

The first time Waigal Safi posted a public video of his cooking, it was like condensing a piece of his soul into an Instagram reel. “It was like all my fears and all my insecurities combined into one, ...

When Mohib Sadat opened his new restaurant in Concord earlier this year, he decided to name it Mazza, which means “taste” in his native Afghanistan. The taste of Afghanistan is exactly what he was ...

Becoming a restaurant owner was not in Nelofar Mayar’s plans, but her love of Greenville and of sharing her culture and food have merged in a beautiful way that she never expected. At Mayar’s Aryana ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — An Afghan refugee has opened a new restaurant inside Knoxville’s Marble City Market with the help of a local nonprofit. The restaurant, called Rom’s House, serves traditional ...