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StarChefs: RED GOLD
BY CARRIE SCHEDLER When Mohammad Salehi left Afghanistan, he found a new passion as a saffron importer. Salehi’s start-up, Heray Spice, is now bringing top-quality saffron to the United States. The...
StarChefs: RED GOLD
BY CARRIE SCHEDLER When Mohammad Salehi left Afghanistan, he found a new passion as a saffron importer. Salehi’s start-up, Heray Spice, is now bringing top-quality saffron to the United States. The...

How to Tell Real From Fake Saffron
With its gorgeous color and distinct flavor, this ancient spice is worth the price tag. By Heather Riske Updated on January 4, 2023 Saffron is often referred to as “red gold,” and...
How to Tell Real From Fake Saffron
With its gorgeous color and distinct flavor, this ancient spice is worth the price tag. By Heather Riske Updated on January 4, 2023 Saffron is often referred to as “red gold,” and...

Business Of Business: How Afghan startup founde...
Mohammed Salehi, founder of Heray Spice, based in Chicago, has been selling saffron in the US since 2017. He also recently introduced Afghan tea and cumin to his buyers. Salehi...
Business Of Business: How Afghan startup founde...
Mohammed Salehi, founder of Heray Spice, based in Chicago, has been selling saffron in the US since 2017. He also recently introduced Afghan tea and cumin to his buyers. Salehi...

Kitchen Aid: The Power of Saffron
To understand saffron is to understand the immense work that goes into this product. Saffron begins with the Crocus sativus flower, a small purple flower that blooms in the autumn...
Kitchen Aid: The Power of Saffron
To understand saffron is to understand the immense work that goes into this product. Saffron begins with the Crocus sativus flower, a small purple flower that blooms in the autumn...

Spices of life: A new breed of spice traders ar...
Mohammad Salehi was a farmer once, and a military linguist before he became the CEO of Heray Spice, an organic saffron company in Chicago encouraging Afghan farmers to raise saffron...
Spices of life: A new breed of spice traders ar...
Mohammad Salehi was a farmer once, and a military linguist before he became the CEO of Heray Spice, an organic saffron company in Chicago encouraging Afghan farmers to raise saffron...

Eater: Meet Five Spice Company Founders Demysti...
Heray Spice, The Saffron Specialistby Sophia F. Gottfried Jan 28, 2021, 11:47am EST Illustration by Joules GarciaSaffron is one of the world’s most famous, and famously expensive, spices. But Mohammad Salehi has found, beyond...
Eater: Meet Five Spice Company Founders Demysti...
Heray Spice, The Saffron Specialistby Sophia F. Gottfried Jan 28, 2021, 11:47am EST Illustration by Joules GarciaSaffron is one of the world’s most famous, and famously expensive, spices. But Mohammad Salehi has found, beyond...