Elizabeth Sher and her family fled genocide in her native Myanmar to find a husband and career in Buffalo. Here, she raised four children, and reunited her family by bringing…
Buying Polish sausage for Easter dinner is not particularly difficult in Buffalo. From supermarkets to butcher shops, refrigerated shelves are groaning with garlicky links made by companies whose names end…
Malczewski’s Butter Lambs await at Broadway Market Easter shoppers have made the Broadway Market a destination for a century. With the market set to undergo a $45 million facelift later…
2025 entries in Buffalo's Best Kielbasa Contest Kielbasa is Polish for sausage, and some families still make their own for big holidays like Christmas and Easter, grinding pork, adding the…
Baklava, Fresh Arabic Sweets 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,…
Wild striped bass at Waxlight Bar a Vin (Photo: Waxlight) Lent is fish season in Buffalo, and the fish fry is our homegrown pride and joy. But if you look…
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…
Mira breakfast sandwich (PHOTO: Mira) 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…
Honey-brined smoked salmon plate at Cafe Bar Moriarty Mother Nature was in a particularly homicidal mood last week, keeping lots of people hunkered down at home. But I had a…
Chilled shrimp, Concord 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,…