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A FORK ON THE ROAD

Linda Bladholm
Linda Bladholm is a well-traveled writer, photographer and cook with a deep understanding of global food and culture. In addition to taking Miami Herald readers along on her weekly explorations of South Florida, she is a contributor to Gourmet and Saveur magazines and the Atlanta Journal Constitution. She has written three critically acclaimed guides, The Asian Grocery Store Demystified, The Indian Grocery Store Demystified and Latin & Caribbean Markets Demystified (Renaissance Books), and is at work on a definitive Indian cookbook for W.W. Norton.

Write to her at lbladholm@miamiherald.com.



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Persian juices, jama, pomegranates molasses, sugar sticks, dates, tea and tea glasses and spice packets are all sold at Nu Taste in Plantation.
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A FORK ON THE ROAD

Saffron candy and yogurt soda at Nu Taste

Persian food is as complex as those intricate flying carpets of legend, mingling threads from the Middle East and India. I first encountered it at Southern Illinois University at parties hosted by Iranian students who would serve up platters of saffron rice and sweet and sour stews in mysterious sauces. Years later, on a trip to India, I renewed my acquaintance at Irani restaurants in Mumbai.

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