Last call at Anacone’s Inn
On Dec. 26, 2006, we gathered to say goodbye to our 'home away from home' Mark Anacone and Andrew Galarneau waiting for the last party to start. (All photographs Douglas…
Review: At Falafel Bar, WNY’s best falafel, chicken schnitzel, and Israeli soul food
Have you missed fluffy falafel? Every time I go to Falafel Bar, I order the falafel. Straight up, no wrap. Six chickpea fritters with bronzed, crusty exteriors hiding tender-crumbed insides…
Sunday News: Venus rescues Grand Island from Greek diner drought
Cast & Coal Statler run extended, Santino's closes, how the critic would graze Downtown Bazaar, and more Greek diner favorites, lavished with garlic mayonnaise, are Venus’ core offerings. (Photo: Venus)Until…
Recipe: potato gratin Steingarten style
Plus the $3 answer to taming the bloodthirsty mandoline Wintertime staples like root vegetables get us through the dark days before green sprouts of hope prove we made it through…
Four Bites Focus: Moriarty’s boeuf on weck
How a Buffalo boy apprenticed in France to learn how to cut animals and give his hometown a better beef on weck Beef on weck, shaved roast beef on a…
Unsung heroes: Buffalo’s sleeper sandwich stars
From Jerusalem street classics to Vietnamese banh mi made with proper bread, your guide to unheard-of handheld satisfactions Sandwiches are the daily bread of Buffalonians and other Americans, for their…
Best quotes, links to deeper reading from Smita Chutke on Four Bites Show
What Gwyneth Paltrow gets wrong about turmeric, cow-dung-fueled cooking, and expert spice wisdom from Smita's Cookery star Smita Chutke brought her quiet charm and spice evangelist passion to the Four…
Review: At Southern Junction, Buffalo’s next contribution to world cuisine will only get better
Ryan Fernandez has the crew, the space, and the vision to put 365 Connecticut St. on global chowhound maps There’s nothing quite like Southern Junction anywhere but Buffalo, N.Y. Bird…
Sunday News: Original Buffalo wing king’s sauce, 60 years in the making, now for sale
Lina Brown-Young has brought John Young's mumbo to life again Sixty years years after John Young opened the first chicken wing restaurant in Buffalo, his mumbo sauce has hit the…
Do you, or someone you know, have a cookbook problem?
On Jan. 8, three experts answer live questions from Four Bites Show audience Do you, or someone you know, have a cookbook problem?Jocelyn “Josh” Ingram did. In 2018 a friend…