No question which patty is the curry chicken.
I don’t know much about Jamaican food. But if it’s all as good as the jerk at Richie’s Place, I have a trip south penciled in on my agenda.
This little place at 1595 Elmwood Ave. (447-1340), by the corner of Amherst Street, was filled with smoke when [...]
My personal bacon cheeseburger is not in the running. Because if it was, it would be a short hunt indeed.
There are probably more hamburgers on Western New York menus than anything else.
In my experience, that has made it the most sinned-against item in the Western New York restaurant repertoire.
So the News has commissioned [...]
Flurries continued throughout the game, but no one acted like the sky was falling.
A special game demands something more than hot dogs at the tailgate, and the National Hockey League game on New Years Day between the Buffalo Sabres and the Pittsburgh Penguins was certainly special.
More than 70,000 people, the largest crowd ever [...]
Once you roast the grape tomatoes, putting a plateful of these little beauties together is a snap.
Another reason the New York Times is celebrated for its food writing is Mark Bittman, who a few times a year has articles that you must print out and keep. They’re like little Swiss Army knives of [...]
Crusted over the charcoal but still juicy, chopped carne asada waits to meet the tortilla of its dreams.
I thought the recipes the Internet yielded for al pastor marinades were all over the place - until I started studying up on carne asada.
It’s grilled beef, but that’s where the agreement ends. There are people - many [...]
It might look like a lot of work, but when you’re surrounded by a kitchen full of hungry friends, it’ll be worth it.
After a fair bit of research, the al pastor recipe I ended up using combined a Los Angeles Times recipe with Rick Bayless’ adobo, “red chile marinade,” from Authentic Mexican. Both use ancho [...]
The taco el pastor trompo in its natural habitat.
Tacos al pastor, essentially crispy chile pork, are one of the most popular tacos in Mexico City. The funny thing is, they’re Lebanese.
Turns out a sizeable contingent of Lebanese immigrants arrived in Mexico City in the 19th Century. They couldn’t source the spices for their beloved [...]
At first, in the wild, they clung together for safety, unsure what lay ahead.
Of all the meals I prepared this summer, none topped the breakfast one morning at our campsite in Evangola State Park. At least, if you ask my kids.
It was our first time camping, just me and the urchins. Mom stayed [...]
One way to counterattack overabundant zucchini is to fire up the grill
Kevin Purdy, a journalist working in Niagara County, wrote the following post.
I found 101 Cookbooks about two years ago, while I was desperately searching online for a way to make an interesting dish out of quinoa, a grain my wife adores and I thought [...]
That’s not spaghetti sauce, but Hellenic-inflected souvlaki sauce
I’ve seen a lot of souvlaki lately, but I wanted to mention one that stood out of the crowd.
Order the souvlaki home style at Ambrosia (467 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo, 881-2196) and this is what you get.
First off, it’s a skewer of seasoned, grilled pork, instead of the beef [...]
