For star chef Andy Baraghani honoring culture, updating classics, and planning ahead make for a stress-free spin on holiday gatherings. sponsored famoustraditions famousholiday
have on your table,” admits chef, recipe writer, and best-selling author of. “Your menu doesn't need to be specifically ‘holiday’ in order to bring people together.”
For Baraghani, seasonal gatherings are an exercise in reinstating balance; a finely appointed tapestry of textures, new tastes, and sentimental familial traditions. Platters of fluffy Persian rice make room for buttery sweet potato gratin, a twist on the traditional turkey, andor fried onions—glossy and glistening, reminiscent of what his father might have made, growing up in Berkeley, California.
As a first-generation American of Iranian descent, Baraghani paints a holiday picture many can relate to. One including a modern mix of culture and rituals that lookrather than backward and speak to the contemporary gathering, coming together around a post-pandemic table.A festive dinner party at Baraghani’s New York home typically starts with “something crisp and slightly acidic,” he says, cleansing the palate with finesse and never cheese or too many heavy carbs to start.
It’s his fresh take on festive feasting that promotes freedom over all else. The choice to merge traditions and to start entirely new ones, all while holding onto the parts that spark nostalgia and warmth, from the inside out.
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