At $5, the first sweet cherries of the year from Tom Tower’s farm were oh so worth it.
We headed down to Bidwell Parkway on Saturday morning, looking to see if there was a reason to go downtown to the Elmwood-Bidwell Farmers Market instead of heading to North Tonawanda’s market on Saturday mornings.
Our visit didn’t [...]
Entries from June 2008
June 29, 2008
Open season on Farmers Markets: Browsing the Elmwood-Bidwell Farmers Market, Buffalo
June 27, 2008
That’s right, I said ‘Buffalo style sushi’: Seabar, Buffalo
A Polish guy can cut sushi too. You got a problem with that?
When you tell people there’s free sushi, look out. My darling wife Kathy and I arrived at 475 Ellicott St., just north of the Washington Market, to find the street blocked off and a crowd of people milling about, with their eyes on [...]
June 25, 2008
The good German: Scharf’s Schiller Park, Buffalo
Crunchy, meaty, and satisfying, this wiener schnitzel is worth the trip to Scharf’s.
One of the last bastions of Buffalo’s once-thriving German community is a restaurant called Scharf’s Schiller Park, named for its proximity to the park, near the border of Buffalo and Cheektowaga. (34 S. Crossman St., Buffalo; 716-895-7249)
Many of the houses on surrounding blocks [...]
June 16, 2008
The prince of pork returns: Vargas, Buffalo
Vargas doesn’t have his name on the restaurant yet, but his sign promises his entire menu.
It’s not easy to explain the allure of Senor Vargas to anyone who hasn’t been hankering for something a little different at lunch in downtown Buffalo.
Let’s say you have $5 and an hour for lunch. You could line up behind [...]
June 12, 2008
To market, to market
The offerings were a bit sparse last Thursday, but the word is that Saturday the first strawberries will be available in markets, in small quantities.
The Buffalo News has published a guide to local farmer’s markets. Now there’s no excuse to get your derriere out the door Saturday morning and see what the farmers down the [...]
June 9, 2008
Bit of a crash
No one died, but the jet is a writeoff. (Photo by Flickr user bocakey.)
My computer went *bink* and died on me Friday night. I paid Dell tech support $40 to troubleshoot the problem. The Indian fellows made matters even worse, leaving it a blinking hulk and telling me, “Sir, it appears that your memory and hard [...]
June 4, 2008
Video: Grilled asparagus with roasted garlic aioli
Asparagus has such a delicate reputation – it’s a surprise to learn it loves the fire.
If you haven’t caught the latest Elements video, it’s a celebration of one of the first local bounties – asparagus.
We’ve gotten bored of asparagus now that we can find it year-round in the supermarket. But for 10 months of the [...]
