Sunday News

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

Cheesemongers Julian Dell’Oso and Clayton Edison have added another civilized amenity to Elmwood Village, next door to their Amabel Provisions cheese-charcuterie-gift shop. Concord is a wine bar, built to lure […]

In a city with no Indonesian restaurants, a dedicated group of musicians offer your best chance to explore this beguilingly complex cuisine in Buffalo. Experience a meal presented in traditional […]

Tomorrow, bored Buffalonians have a brand new reason to get out of the house. Skip a night of doomscrolling and touch grass, or booze, if you prefer. Le Social Club […]

At the AKG Art Museum, dinner and a movie has become its own art form. As the movie Julie & Julia played on a large screen last night, servers fanned […]

On this first Sunday of a new year, allow me to extend my best wishes to the people who feed us.  The year ahead will be the most trying time […]

Manakish are essential Levantine street food, pizzalike discs of dough patted out, and dimpled to bear adornments of olive oil, herb, cheese, or meat.  Since Manakeesh and More went dark […]

Caroling gets the glamor, but the most popular Christmas tradition is last-minute gift shopping.  Choosing homegrown Buffalo gifts supports your community, and twangs the heartstrings like nothing Amazon has in […]

Lovers of New York style bagels in Clarence and greater Amherst have long felt under-served. That helped explain why before 8 a.m. people were waiting patiently in the parking lot […]

Shannon Wilson was a Wegman’s chef for a decade before teaching herself to bake. Now her skills are drawing morning crowds at Artigiana, 935 Seneca St., on the eastern side […]