Our Kitchen is The Heart of Golestan
At Golestan we nurture our children with love, kindness and also good food! We only serve whole foods – all meals and snacks are prepared in-house by our kitchen team. We even bake our own crackers and bread. All our ingredients are fresh, organic and to the extent possible, local. All our meat is grass fed and pastured/free range, delivered directly from Marin Sun Farms.
- Fruits and vegetables are seasonal and sourced from local farms through Greenleaf Produce and Cooks Company.
- We only serve full fat organic dairy products, our yogurt comes from Strauss Family Creamery.
- All of our dry goods are sourced from Hummingbird Wholesale.
At Golestan, we promote healthy and conscientious habits from an early age; this includes eating habits. We continually expose children to different ingredients and flavors so that they may develop a palette that is open to a variety of tastes. The children sit around the table with their teachers and enjoy family–style meals.
Check out our food blog below for recipes on our favorite dishes and snacks.
A Message From Our Chef
Hello, my name is Ana Karina Arias and I am blessed and fortunate to be a part of the Golestan community.
I was born and raised in Mexico and came to the United States in 1995, My husband, Raul, and I have three children. I worked at Maple Leaf Bakery for 14 years, 2 years as a baker and 11 years as a Quality Assurance technician. I met Yalda and the Golestan Team in 2022 when I started working a couple of days a week with the previous chef. Then I became a full time employee working 2 years with the chef and later I became the Chef at Golestan. I love to cook, I especially enjoy baking with my daughter. In my free time I enjoy reading, and spends time with friends.
Food Blog
Golestan Beef Kabob
We eat this kabob on lavash with pickles, mayo, tomato, lettuce and sometimes an extra sprinkle of sumac. This is what I make whenever we pack lunches to-go, as [...]
Simple Salad Dressing
Ingredients: Juice of 1 lemon ¼ cup white wine vinegar ⅔ -¾ cup olive oil Salt and pepper to taste (I use about 1 tsp salt) Instructions: [...]
Red Sauce
Ingredients: 1 large onion 2 medium carrots 2 stalks of celery 3 garlic cloves ¼ cup olive oil 1 28 oz can of tomato sauce or crushed tomatoes [...]
Vegetarian Celery Stew
This recipe is an adaption from a recipe sent to me by our very wonderful K-1 teacher, Nessa. This Persian khoresh (braise) is traditionally made with lamb. Her [...]
Golestan’s Fresh Pesto
Ingredients: 1 bunch of basil 8 oz parmesan cheese Juice of 1 lemon 1 whole garlic clove About ½ cup olive oil 1 cup heavy cream Instructions: [...]
Golestan’s Parmesan Seed Crackers
At Golestan, we enjoy them with cream cheese as an afternoon or anytime snack. This recipe was already being used by Golestan chefs before I came, [...]