food

The return of the natives

Global Nepali chefs return to take Nepali cuisine international at Tusa in Bhaktapur

Vishad Raj Onta

Nepal sets ambitious target for food sufficiency

Finance Minister Janardan Sharma’s budget last month unveiled a plan to increase domestic agricultural production by one-third. On paper it sounds like...

Flavours from Nepal

Growing up in a family composed of two cultures, I learned to juxtapose the differing cultures of my parents through food, and...

Kathmandu's own 'Eataly'

It may not be part of the famous artisanal food and beverage marketplace chain, but a new Jhamel restaurant comes closest to...

Sonia Awale

Urgency about Nepal’s economic emergency

Nepal Rastra Bank’s report last month was badly timed — it was a bad idea to sound a warning that Nepal is...

Nepal’s glaring food gap

Although the undernutrition rate in Nepal has dropped dramatically in the past two decades, a quarter of its children still go to bed hungry...

UK aid for Nepali mothers and children

As the Covid crisis pushes millions of Nepalis back below the poverty line affecting their nutritional status, the UK government is funding supplemental food...

Meat, money, and the middle class

With a reduction of the country’s poverty rate, Nepalis are eating more meat and eggs per capita than ever before, improving their...

The pandemic of hunger

The Covid-19 pandemic has affected the livelihoods of the most neglected communities in Nepal, with a direct impact on the food intake...

Hunger for governance

Nepal has had one emergency heaped on top of another for more than a year now. The Covid-19 emergency, wildfires, and now floods.Political flux in...