Persian & Iranian Resources:

• My Persian Corner website & YouTube channel
• The Caspian Chef

Taiwanese & Asian Resources: 

• Sharon H. Chang’s Blog
• Mary’s Test Kitchen

Persian & Iranian #ownvoices YA Books:

• A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi
• Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
• If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan

Taiwanese & Asian #ownvoices YA Books:

• The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X. R. Pan
• American Panda by Gloria Chao
• Loveboat, Taipei by Abigail Hing Wen

Poetry occupies a central role in Persian culture. Here are a few Iranian and Iranian-American poets that I love.

• Kaveh Akbar
• Sholeh Wolpe
• Forough Farrokhzad

• The New Persian Kitchen by Louisa Shafia (features lots of vegan/vegetarian adaptations)
• Saffron Tales: Recipes from the Persian Kitchen by Yasmin Khan