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Kielbasa is Polish for sausage, and some families still make their own for big holidays like Christmas and Easter, grinding pork, adding the right amount of salt and spices, and […]

Ethiopian genius on injera at Horn of Africa If it wasn’t for tastespotter Scott Field, who knows how long it would have taken me to discover Horn of Africa. The […]

When Amira Khalil fed me my first plate of mansaf, lamb braised in yogurt, I was blown away. Turns out fermented sheep’s milk yogurt and lamb make one of the […]

How much of the bread you eat is the same stuff, week after week, the convenient, not-so-bad loaf of adequacy?  It’s right there at the supermarket, after all. What sort […]

Boeuf on Weck, Café Bar Moriarty When a friend coming in from out of town tells me they can only meet for lunch, I ask if Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday […]

Lent is fish season in Buffalo, and the fish fry is our homegrown pride and joy. But if you look beyond the deep-fryer, there’s so many more delicious ways to […]

Bruleed grapefruit at Swan Street Diner (Photo: Mickey Harmon) Tucked into the Larkinville neighborhood of former industrial buildings east of downtown, Swan Street Diner offers Buffalo breakfast and lunch seekers […]

Spending my evening on the couch scrolling through social media, as one does, I was delighted to spot a post on Mark Bittman’s Twitter/X account. I’ve been a fan of […]

Everybody has their favorite fish fry, and I respect that. Just in case you were thinking of branching out at all, here’s a few fish fries that go beyond the […]

House-cut and twice-cooked, it takes two days to make a Frank fry. Millions of tons of potatoes are processed into frozen fries each year in the United States, making French […]

Meet some of the hardest-working restaurateurs in Buffalo, and taste what they add to our community menu. International House is a food hall with four restaurants and a full bar, […]

Now that the ice dams have broken off rooflines, it’s time to start getting reacquainted with other human beings in an atmosphere conducive to pausing and reflecting on life. By […]

Whole fried red snapper, Bamboo Ridge Lancaster For a suburb of 45,000 Lancaster already has its share of excellent places to eat. Serious tavern grub at Skoob’s Village Grill, righteous […]

Cauliflower pakora Deep-frying is not a cooking technique I use lightly. It fills your kitchen with odors some folks find objectionable, a scent that lingers. Disposing of the used oil […]

Mother Nature was in a particularly homicidal mood last week, keeping lots of people hunkered down at home.  But I had a tastespotter to meet at a new Ethiopian restaurant. […]