The phrase "requesting food" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it to describe a person's action of asking for food from someone else. For example: - "The homeless man stood on the corner, holding a sign requesting food and some spare change." - "The orphanage sent out a newsletter requesting food donations for the children." - "She sent an email to her friends, requesting food for their potluck dinner."
97% of its advisors reported people going without gas or electricity, or skipping meals, after being sanctioned, with 94% saying people were requesting food parcels.
They are persistent and persuasive in requesting food.
The request for assistance came the following day, with the Philippines requesting food, water, medicine, emergency supplies, and heavy machinery.
An artic driver who kidnaps people he "befriends" along the road to work as slaves in a coal mine for Smithson, requesting food and lorry fuel in return.
This study [49] trained two chimpanzee subjects to demonstrate an unusual gesture for requesting food from a human, finding no evidence that other chimpanzees ever acquired the gesture.
One by one his commanders requested food, ammunition, clothes and fuel for their fighters.
There's clearly profound need among the people who arrive to request food.
North Korea has called repeatedly for a variety of talks and exchanges and has requested food aid and fertilizer.
Nycha, working with the Visiting Nurse Service, makes a door-to-door effort in Red Hook East and Red Hook West buildings, finding 220 residents who request food, water or blankets; 144 who need medical assistance; and 44 who need prescriptions refilled.
Mrs. Ndoye and her volunteers then relay the orders to a Bronx warehouse, which buys the requested food for the Gates Avenue complexes and other area groups at a considerable discount from wholesale sellers and farmers.
When called last week, Mr. Ozersky described the lasagna, the five-tier wedding cake created by Mr. White's pastry chef and the use of the Empire Hotel bar as wedding presents from close friends, saying that he requested food rather than crystal or china when chefs asked about gifts to the couple.
