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22-08-2004

Picnic with a Pakistani flavour in New York

via www.silive.com

A two-day event called “Food Street” in Lahore, Pakistan last summer drew over 6,000 people looking to sample food from four different provinces.

A year later, that curiosity was shared halfway around the world on Staten Island — albeit on a smaller scale — when some 200 people packed a Pakistani picnic held last month at Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Livingston. The picnic was part of an award ceremony sponsored by the Pakistani Civic Association of Staten Island…