This article is adapted from the March 15, 2025 edition of Gastro Obscura’s Favorite Things newsletter. You can sign up here. My boyfriend, Peyam, grew up celebrating Nowruz, the Persian New Year. We’re currently planning the menu for our second annual Nowruz party, and, as with many holidays, certain things just have to be on the table. Peyam insists that it’s not Nowruz without kuku sabzi, a frittata-like baked dish of herbs and eggs, and sabzi polo mahi, herbed rice with fish. Nowruz falls on the spring equinox (March 20…
