Journey & Bites

If you ask any Pakistani where to find the country’s best meat dishes, the answer almost always points north to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The food here is unlike anything else in South Asia. There are no thick gravies, no piles of garam masala, no creamy sa…

Balochistan is Pakistan’s largest province and its least understood. Most people who have not been there picture only the dry, tan-coloured emptiness of the desert. The reality is more layered: juniper forests in Ziarat, fishing harbors along the Makr…

If you ask Pakistanis where the best food in the country is, the answer almost always comes down to one province. Punjab, and specifically Lahore, has held the title for as long as anyone can remember, and the reasons are simple. Generations of cooks …

There is a small window every spring when the Hunza Valley turns pink and white. Apricot, cherry, and almond trees flower across the orchards of Karimabad, Altit, Ganish, Gulmit, and Passu, and for two or three weeks, the entire valley looks like it h…