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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

Did you see the legions of hoarfrost-crusted Minnesotans marching in Minneapolis?  Did you wonder why tens of thousands would risk actual frostbite on a day the high reached -9F, putting […]

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 […]