Chef Hoss Zare in San Francisco

“For Persian cuisine to move forward, it needs to be done under a skilled chef who knows other techniques,” Zare said. “If the chef is only doing traditional Persian dishes, then you’re going to get stuck in this ‘my grandma’s is better than this.’ And the cuisine will never advance.” If that isn’t moving Persian cuisine and culture forward, then Zare’s latest gig at Google might: