Celebrating Yalda: A Persian Winter Solstice Tradition

Join us for our annual Yalda Winter Solstice episode where we celebrate Shab Yalda, the longest and darkest night of the year! In this episode, we feature members of our community to honor Persian traditions of poetry, storytelling, music, and of course food!

Stay up late with your family and friends, drinking tea, and eating ajeel trail mix, pomegranate soup, and watermelon! Send us your pics and video clips to be featured on our social media pages.

Links referenced in the episode:

Modern Persian Food Podcast's previous Yalda episodes:

Episode 161: Yalda 2023; Creating Identity through Traditions New and Old

Episode 114: Yalda Winter Solstice

Episode 63: Yalda

Episode 10: Yalda Winter Flavors

Omid Roustaei, Chef and Author:

• Website: The Caspian Chef -

• Pre-order book: Bitter & Sweet

Anahita Tamaddon, author:

• Fereydoon and the Serpent King full story recording on YouTube

• The story of Fereydoon & the Serpent King, read by author Anahita Tamaddon, on Modern Persian Food

• Link to her books: Amazon

Amir Etemadzadeh, musical composer and instructor:

• Amir School Of Music

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Opening and closing music composed by Amir Etemadzadeh, www.amirschoolofmusic.com

Podcast production by Alvarez Audio