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 ...

The former doctor with the U.S. Army during the second Gulf War brought his family to Erie to avoid the Taliban, which had ...

Students that frequent the Dinkytown area have yet another option to satisfy their daily hunger in a new restaurant featuring a combination of Middle Eastern, Afghani and American cuisines. Da Afghan ...

The modern Afghan restaurant Jaji opened in Jan. 2025 below the Kissel Uptown Oakland in Oakland, Calif. Pictured: braised lamb shank with mastawa. (Hardy Wilson) Jaji is the second endeavor from ...

The Bay Area has several restaurants serving flavorful, smoky, deeply soulful Afghan cuisine. But the number doing truly innovative things are fewer than the two toes of a lamb’s hoof.

An Afghan doctor has opened a Middle Eastern restaurant in Erie, Pennsylvania, after fleeing the Taliban four years ago. The restaurant, Ariana Halal Kitchen, offers traditional Afghan and Middle ...