Iranian-born chef Donia Bijan has lived a culturally-unique life. She was born in Iran, but fled the country as a child during the Islamic Revolution in 1978. She lived in Spain, attended college in California, and went to cooking school in Paris. As a chef, she has held jobs all over the kitchen, and even opened her own restaurant in San Francisco. But Bijan is not just a chef: she wields a word with the same precision and grace that she wields a knife. Continue reading