Free food, comfort in Lahore’s makeshift homeless shelters
LAHORE: Five temporary tents, which were set up in Lahore on the directions of PM Imran Khan to provide relief to the homeless people, provided free food and comfort to those who registered…
Coke Fest: the goods and the bads
LAHORE: Chilly winter evenings, food and music are without a doubt a winning combination and the Coca – Cola Food and Music Festival, better known as the Coke Fest, is perhaps the…
California girl serves cookies baked with grandfather’s ashes
A teenage girl in California allegedly baked her grandfather’s ashes into cookies and handed them out to her school friends, local media reported on Wednesday. The student is said to have given…
Meat-heavy, low-carb keto diets can shorten lifespan
Middle-aged people who get roughly half their daily calories from carbohydrates live several years longer on average than those with meat-heavy low-carb diets, researchers reported Friday. The findings, published in The Lancet…
Indian Railways stream food preparations live from kitchens after scandal
NEW DELHI: Indian Railways has started live streaming from its kitchens so that millions of passengers can see how their meals are prepared after scandals including one involving toilet water caused uproar.…
Lahore eatery caught ‘drying serving trays on bathroom floor’
LAHORE: An eatery in the provincial capital has come under fierce criticism on social media for “drying serving trays on the bathroom floor”. According to a social media user, who took to Facebook…
PFA seals two factories for substandard food items
LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) sealed on Tuesday two factories for supplying substandard chemicals and artificial flavours to adulteration and making fake juices and fizzy carbonated drinks. Teams raided QBC Fruit…
80pc Pakistanis affected by food inflation: WB
ISLAMABAD: As many as 80 per cent Pakistanis are affected due to the food inflation because the daily income of more than 80 per cent of the population is less than 2 dollars,…
Ganache Cafe’s sehri menu is the perfect start to your fast
LAHORE: With Ramzan right around the corner, restaurants and cafe’s across the city have begun to launch their sehri and iftar menus. Ganache Cafe located on the food hub of the city, Mall…
Urban Kitchen: A treat for the taste buds and a delight to the eyes
LAHORE: Over the past couple of months, I passed by the Urban Kitchen several times and was quite curious to see how it was shaping up. The exterior looked funky and upbeat and…
PFA seals 24 eateries in Punjab imposes fine on 90 others: report
LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Friday sealed 24 premises and imposed fines totalling Rs 638,000 on 90 others, according to latest reports. Warning notices were also issued to more than 600…
Enhance your mood with these healthy snacks
There is nothing in the world that food cannot fix. Food has always been linked to moods and one always turns to it in all sorts of emotions. However, eating influenced by…
GB students to get free uniform, food
LAHORE: The Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) government is contemplating a plan to provide free uniforms to the students in public sector schools. Talking to APP here on Sunday, GB Information Advisor Shams Mir said…
Malaysian Sikh group visits Gurdwara Sacha Sauda
LAHORE: A 22-member group of Sikh yatrees from Malaysia visited Gurdwara Sacha Sauda, Farooqabad here on Wednesday. According to official sources, the yatrees after performing their religious rituals at Gurdwara Sacha Sauda returned…
Establishment of food authority in AJK to ensure quality, standard: minister
ISLAMABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Food Minister Syed Shaukat Ali Shah on Friday said that the establishment of a food authority in the liberated territory would largely benefit the people of the…
RCB issues 190 notices to food outlets, collects 321 food samples
RAWALPINDI: The food branch of Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) issued 190 notices to food outlets during February while eight restaurants, kitchens of bakeries, hotels and other fast food points were sealed for…
Huanying! CPEC passes through Pakistani restaurants
Local restaurants welcoming visitors with signs in Chinese ISLAMABAD: Following China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), there has been a notable increase in the two-way traffic between the two ‘brother’ countries. A popular Pakistani…