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Last week’s Grilling Vegetables 101 brought a request for my favorite grilled chicken recipe. So here’s my chicken souvlaki, Canal Fest of the Tonawandas style. By sheer tonnage, I’ve cooked […]

You have four chances to get a fantastic meal while supporting local restaurants and learning what makes them shine at Four Bites 101 seminars in July and August. While you […]

Grilling season calls for ways to add vegetables to the table, transformed by fierce heat. You can grill anything, but getting people to eat the results is another matter. Here […]

Breakfast might be the most important meal of the day. Make breakfast a contender with one of this baker’s dozen of my favorite breakfast sandwiches found in and around Buffalo, […]

Four Bites 101’s summer semester starts July 15, with Northern Chinese 101 at Peking Quick One in Tonawanda.  The $30 ticket is your invitation to learn about Chinese homestyle cooking […]

Today is Father’s Day, so if you haven’t had a chance to show appreciation to the contributor of half your genetic quirks, I bring you good tidings: There is this […]

A decade after BreadHive opened its Connecticut Street store, the worker cooperative bakery has become a bonafide community success story: it’s not just making great bread, it’s turning a profit. […]

Buffalo eaters have the opportunity to sample another of the world’s greatest snacks with the efforts of Buffalo’s Vada Pav. Ambika Swami started at the Williamsville Farmers Market two years […]

Kith & Kin Bakeshop & Bistro, Western New York’s only gluten-free full-service all-day restaurant and bakery, expanded its area of service to the University at Buffalo’s Amherst Campus. In the […]

The dumpling gods have smiled upon Buffalo. The proof is in the diverse and economical body of work offered by our community’s dumpling artists. My favorites include delicate forest mushroom […]

Barrel + Brine, Buffalo’s nationally recognized fermentation company, is launching Project Second Moon to turn wasted food into good food and support for local farmers. A $100,000 Resilient Food Systems […]

Buffalo barbecue hotspot Southern Junction plans to start offering lunch this summer, with the addition of a pie shop and takeout barbecue counter. The new retail space, in a storefront […]

Personally, I don’t have any trouble coming up with an appropriate way to show appreciation for the person who brought me to life. Grill Phyllis Galarneau a steak, and she’s […]

Buffalo, New York, is one of America’s best pizza towns.  What’s that? You’ve been to Buffalo and don’t agree? Well, I’m sorry. For you. Because you never made it to […]

Quick-serve Indian restaurant Alibaba Kebab opened its fourth location last week, in Premier Plaza on Transit Road in Amherst.  Serial entrepreneur Anand Kattu rolled the dice on his first restaurant […]