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Acres of terraced growing areas and multiple greenhouses produced many native plants grown from seed collected around the park such as sumacs, ceanothus, yellow-blooming flannel bush, manzanitas, barberries, monkeyflowers, Catalina cherry, toyon and coffeeberry.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2024

His brisket is shawarma-inspired, served with stewed leeks, thyme and pickled barberries.

From Salon • Sep. 14, 2023

The Indian mutanjan pulao is also evocative of the Persian Morasa Polow or jewelled rice that packs in shreds of chicken breast along with barberries, pistachio, raisins and orange peel.

From BBC • Aug. 12, 2023

When Tabatabai’s grandfather was brewing in mid-20th-century Iran, this would have included Persian blue salt, barberries, sour cherries, sumac and black limes.

From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2023

Mamou made my favorite dish for dinner: zereshk polow, which is rice mixed with sweetened dried red barberries.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram