Bottom of the Pot: Persian Recipes and Stories by Nay DeravianWinner of the IACP 2019 First Book Award presented by The Julia Child Foundation At eight years old, Naz Deravian left Iran with her family during the height of the 1979 Iranian Revolution and hostage crisis. Over the following ten years, they emigrated from Iran to Rome to Vancouver, carrying with them books of Persian poetry, tiny jars of saffron threads, and always, the knowledge that home can be found in a simple, perfect pot of rice. As they