FREMONT, Calif. -- De Afghanan Cuisine and De Afghanan Kabob House are a few of the go-to restaurants in Fremont for food. The beef kebabs, Bolani Kachaloo, and Qabili Pallow are some of the most ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Chelsea Davis is a SF based journalist covering food, drink & travel. Touted as the Bay Area’s first ever contemporary Afghan ...

Sophia Akbar, the co-founder and co-owner of Oakland restaurants Parche and Jaji, was born and grew up in Walnut Creek. New Concord restaurant Mazza is offering an authentic taste of Afghanistan At ...

When couple Paul Iglesias and Sophia Akbar decided to open the contemporary Afghan restaurant Jaji, it took some time to get the menu just right. Besides satisfying their own palates and tastes after ...

When searching for Afghan restaurants in the United States on the Michelin Guide website, there is only one result: Lapis in Washington, D.C, which has a "Bib Gourmand" distinction. While not a highly ...

A restaurant in Oakland scheduled to open January 30 is seeking to bring the cuisine of Afghanistan to new heights. Jaji, co-owned by Sophia Akbar and Paul Iglesias of Parche, will walk the line ...

The first time Waigal Safi posted a public video of his cooking, it was like condensing a piece of his soul into an Instagram reel. “It was like all my fears and all my insecurities combined into one, ...

We’ve heard all about the heart, but does absence make the palate grow fonder, too? If it’s top-notch Afghan cuisine — something the Valley’s been deprived of since the early ’90s — then the answer is ...

Becoming a restaurant owner was not in Nelofar Mayar’s plans, but her love of Greenville and of sharing her culture and food have merged in a beautiful way that she never expected. At Mayar’s Aryana ...