Overview
- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath urged residents to share home‑cooked dishes with #OneDistrictOneCuisine to showcase each district’s specialties to a global audience.
- UNESCO conferred the Creative City of Gastronomy status on Lucknow on Oct. 31 during its General Conference in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
- Lucknow becomes India’s second gastronomy city in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network after Hyderabad, joining 58 new CCN members named this year.
- UNESCO’s citation spotlighted Awadhi staples such as Galouti kabab, Awadhi biryani, chaat, golgappe and the dessert Makhan Malai.
- Online reactions noted official celebratory posts that highlighted only vegetarian fare, including a post by the tourism minister reshared by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.