It’s a tough job, but somebody’s got to sample 12 innovative doughnut varieties to determine which fried cake tastes better than the rest of the bunch.

Let’s just say I was more than happy to take one for the team and judge the creative confections thought up by local Tim Hortons bakers at the southtowns Tim Hortons Donut Duel, a sort of semifinal for a larger championship…

This may be oversimplified, but I equate the issues within America’s food industry as a David vs. Goliath battle, one that lasts considerably longer than the biblical narrative—and may not end identically.

Goliath clumsily houses fast food at an obscene rate, injects chemical hormones into his flabby arms and isn’t too concerned about his alarming level of body fat. His favorite…

Buffalo’s bimonthly industry night for restaurant workers, local foodies, food media and friends will flash its sweet tooth tonight at Seabar.

At 9 tonight, Lockport-based Lake Effect Ice Cream will feature four seasonal flavors—a seasonal extension of its ever-creative combinations—that will showcase Buffalo’s local ice cream scene that’s set to flourish during our three months…

It was a beautiful day in Buffalo to be out on the water and the wonderful people over at Templeton's Landing, Swannie House, Liberty Hound and Acqua made it that much better. The annual Lake Erie Pub Crawl was held Saturday afternoon at these four local pubs and everyone that was involved made it even bigger than previous years. The weather was perfect, the drinks were cold, the…

American Craft Beer Week is already in its final stages, but there’s still time to celebrate the bubbly alternatives that quench our collective thirst for the “new”—something different than Budweiser, Labatt, Miller or Coors.

The week of recognition, which runs from May 13 through May 19, closes with a bang in Western New York. Local mainstays in the craft beer culture—including…

When news broke that a Puerto Rican restaurant was opening toward the eastern end of Hertel Avenue, we were taken aback considering that area is widely considered to be Buffalo’s “Little Italy,” the stomping grounds of the annual Sorrento Cheese Buffalo Italian Festival.

Tucked inside the right half of a two-section building at 1260 Hertel Ave.—a couple dozen yards east of the…

Old First Ward pub Gene McCarthy’s is one large pile of dirt closer to producing house brews on pub premises.

On Monday, Gene McCarthy’s co-owners gathered to break ground on land that will eventually become the Old First Ward Brewing Company’s brew house.

The co-owners hope to be pouring their own varieties of beer by late summer, according to the pub’s official website.

The…

One particular strip of Elmwood Avenue will experience a deep freeze this summer as two frozen yogurt joints set up shop within a block of each other.

Yotality Frozen Yogurt and White Rabbit Frozen Yogurt are both expected to open for business this spring-summer season in the Elmwood Village. According to Google Maps approximations, the fro-yo shops will be one-tenth of a mile…

Buffalo’s culinary prestige continues to grow on the national level.

Mere days after Seabar and Mike A’s owner Mike Andrzejewski was invited to prepare a meal at Sarah Simmons’ highly-regarded New York City venue City Grit, the four Nickel City Chefs—the Mansion on Delaware’s Jennifer Boye, CRaVing’s Adam Goetz (left in header), Bacchus’ Brian Mietus and Torches’ J.J. Richert (in…