Iran-American artist Hadieh Shafie, Safar 1
Safar 1, 2021 by Hadieh Shafie | Color pencil on museum board, 60 × 40 inches | Courtesy of the artist | Visit CraftContemporary.org to learn more or plan a visit.
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What does love mean to you? Iran-American artist Hadieh Shafie’s 2021 colored-pencil statement piece titled Safar 1 explores this concept, encouraging viewers to reflect on loving themselves and others, falling in love, and mending heartbreak. Her entire Safar collection (meaning “travel” in Farsi) includes intricately crafted paper spirals with the word Eshgh, meaning “love,” written upon them, rolled thousands of times before being secured. We, like Shafie, firmly believe love will prevail over hate. This piece and work from eight other expatriate Iranian artists are on display as part of ART IRAN: Falling into Language, an exhibit at the Craft Contemporary galleries in Los Angeles, through May 5, 2024.
Iran-American artist Hadieh Shafie, Safar 1
Safar 1, 2021 by Hadieh Shafie | Color pencil on museum board, 60 × 40 inches | Courtesy of the artist | Visit CraftContemporary.org to learn more or plan a visit.
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By Sonja & Alex Overhiser, founders of A Couple Cooks | Serves 6–8
This crustless quiche is quite the heavy lifter; it works just as well at big family brunches as for make-ahead weekday breakfasts. The savory egg custard is baked without the traditional pastry shell, making it much simpler to whip up. Cottage cheese adds a boost of protein, and the custard is packed with nutrient-dense spinach.
Ingredients
10 oz [280 g] frozen spinach, thawed
6 eggs
1 cup cottage cheese
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
6 tablespoons roughly chopped sun-dried tomatoes, packed in oil
1/2 tsp Italian seasoning or dried oregano
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp kosher salt
Freshly ground black pepper
3 tablespoons feta cheese crumbles
Directions
1. Preheat the oven to 375°F. Grease a 9-inch round pie dish.
2. Use your hands to squeeze out as much excess liquid as you can from the thawed spinach, then break it into small pieces.
3. In a large bowl, whisk the eggs. Stir in the spinach, cottage cheese, Parmesan cheese, 4 tablespoons of the sun-dried tomatoes, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, kosher salt, and a few grinds of black pepper.
4. Pour the egg mixture into the prepared dish. Sprinkle the top with the remaining sun-dried tomatoes and the feta cheese crumbles.
5. Bake the quiche until set in the center and golden around the edges, 28 to 30 minutes. Let rest for at least 15 minutes before cutting into pieces and serving.
Tips
Leftover quiche keeps well, and you can eat leftovers cold, at room temperature, or warm. Try it on a sandwich; it’s especially good on bread with Dijon dill spread.
If possible, look for bagged frozen spinach rather than boxed. It thaws easily in a colander under warm water.
Storage
Leftovers will keep, refrigerated, for up to 5 days.
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