Nowruz......Iranian new year


	Nowruz......Iranian new year

Rizwana

9-10-2009 1:49 PM

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9-10-2009 3:20 PM

Lexica

Apparently Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley has a special dinner every year for Nowruz (although their sign spells it Norooz). CP is more expensive than I can usually afford, but I'd love to go for the Nowruz dinner one of these years...

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