SUNDAY NEWS: In 2026, use your wallet to build a better Buffalo
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…
SUNDAY NEWS: Cheezaatar lands in Kenmore with manakish, shawarma, and Levantine savor
Cheezataar manakish, of za'atar and cheese Manakish are essential Levantine street food, pizzalike discs of dough patted out, and dimpled to bear adornments of olive oil, herb, cheese, or meat. …
SUNDAY NEWS: Delicious last-minute shopping suggestions that support local artisans
Agle's Farm Stand Christmas offerings 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…
SUNDAY NEWS: BagelGrounds gives Clarence the NY bagel line experience
Lox and cream cheese bagel at BagelGrounds. (Hand model: Jess Kent) Lovers of New York style bagels in Clarence and greater Amherst have long felt under-served. That helped explain why…
SUNDAY NEWS: At Larkinville’s Artigiana, provolone cream and tomato danish are just the beginning
Savory danish in tomato and provolone cream, and French onion, at Artigiana Shannon Wilson was a Wegman’s chef for a decade before teaching herself to bake. Now her skills are…
CORRECTION: Here’s the proper link to Four Bites store
Due to operator error, the Sunday News note on my book Four Bites Where to Eat in Buffalo 2026 failed to include the link to the Four Bites shop. Here…
SUNDAY NEWS: ‘Love Machine’ at Hertel Lexington Coop makes neighborly kindness easy
With a tap of your card, The Love Machine lets you send a little love to local community groups. Grocery checkouts are lined with impulse buys strategically arrayed to snag…
SUNDAY NEWS: Cookies for a Cause turns sweet treats into help for homeless in Buffalo
Cookies for a Cause assortment It was just before Christmas that Diane Aaron found herself homeless. She’d just moved from Texas, and at 68 years old was alone on the…
SUNDAY NEWS: Hānai Hawaiian BBQ is Cali boy’s love letter to Buffalo
Hānai Hawaiian BBQ pipikula beef short rib plate. (PHOTO: Evan Duckett) Two years ago, Dave Delaney, born and raised in Southern California and Hawaii, decided to move to Buffalo. “Friends…
pears poached in strawberry-rhubarb-herb syrup, on a bed of toasted almonds, crowned with a quenelle of freshly whipped Stolzfus Family Dairy cream.
Sunday News: Big-city cooking beckons at Wyoming County’s Coffee Outpost Warsaw
Pear poached in strawberry-rhubarb-herb syrup, on toasted nuts, with a quenelle of freshly whipped Stolzfus Family Dairy cream. The Village of Warsaw is not, technically speaking, in the middle of…