Southampton Arts Center Hosts Book Launch For ‘Persian Feasts: Recipes And Stories From A Family Table With Leila Heller’

On Thursday, August 28, Southampton Arts Center hosted a book launch and signing of “Persian Feasts: Recipes and Stories from a Family Table with Leila Heller.”

The book is a collection of regional delicacies by Leila Heller and co-authors Lila Charif, Laya Khadjavi, and Bahar Tavakolian in honor of Heller’s late mother, Nahid Bayat Makou Taghinia-Milani (Nahid Joon). With 100 authentic dishes and specially commissioned food photography, this volume beautifully blends intimate stories of family and tradition, lively cuisine, and the region’s rich culinary history.

Guests enjoying cocktails at the signing included Debra Black, Stacey Bronfman, Janna Bullock, Marie Canavan Afkhami, Lisa Dennison, Maryam Eisler, Dana Farouki, Jamee Gregory, Pamela Gross, Dana Hammond Stubgen, Susan Hess, Jane Holzer, Cheri Kaufman, Elyn Kronemeyer, Erin Lazard, Simone Levinson, Lisa Lewis, Catie Marron, Maryann Marston, Nancy McCartney, Anjali Melwani, Alice Michaels, Margie Miller, Julie Minskoff, Daisy Olarte de Kanavos, Heena Pai, Harley Raiff, Aima Raza and Agha Khan, Nicole Salmasi, Siamaak Samii, Bill Schligh, Sarah Senbahar, Jean Shafiroff, Debra Srb, Elizabeth Steimberg, Christina Strassfield, Marcy and Michael Warren and Bettina Zilkha.