When Iranian writer and photographer Saghar Setareh moved to Italy at the age of 22, she was enchanted by the rich food culture of her adopted country. In turn, this inspired a curiosity in the cuisine of her homeland and the surrounding countries of the Levant and Eastern Mediterranean.

Pomegranates and Artichokes is the story of Saghar’s own culinary journey from Iran to Italy, in which she describes the many parallels that link Middle Eastern and Mediterranean food cultures, and shows how ingredients and recipes, unconstrained by borders, are shared and transformed through the immigrant experience.

Divided into three parts representing stops on Saghar’s culinary “road trip”­––Iran, In Between, and Italy––this book features more than 80 recipes celebrating the foods of these regions.

This is our favorite kind of cookbook: One filled with stories, thorough explanations, and observations. Illustrated with Saghar's beautiful photography and peppered with personal insights and experiences, Pomegranates & Artichokes tells the story of two food cultures and the delicious space in between.

Sturdy softcover, 288 pages. 2024.