The San Diegan is competing in the new season of PBS’s “The Great American Recipe.” This is his staple Afghan pasta dish.

Born and raised in Kabul, Mrs. Popal fled the country with her husband, Zubair Popal, and their three young children in 1980 before arriving in the United States in 1987.

LAUREL, Md. — Just one year after opening its doors for the first time, a small restaurant offering a taste of home for the Laurel community is celebrating a big honor. My Kabul Restaurant and ...

I had this food for a long time. In terms of spiciness, Afghan dishes stay somewhere in the middle, between Indian and Iranian and Turkish. In terms of diversity, we have a huge use of rice in our ...

The modern Afghan restaurant Jaji opened in Jan. 2025 below the Kissel Hotel in Uptown Oakland, Calif. Co-owners Sophia Akbar and Paul Iglesias also run the Colombian restaurant Parche in Oakland.

UPDATED: April 21, 2025 at 10:58 AM PDT When Mohib Sadat opened his new restaurant in Concord earlier this year, he decided to name it Mazza, which means “taste” in his native Afghanistan.