http://www.lockportjournal.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Mon, 23 Jan 2006 15:04:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/food/local_story_023150446.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/food/local_story_023150446.html Fri, 20 Jan 2006 17:33:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/food/local_story_020173339.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/food/local_story_020173339.html You’re chilled to the bone, and you’re hungry for a meal that will warm you up from the inside out. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:58:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/food/gnnfood_story_241100446.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/food/gnnfood_story_241100446.html Calorie-counters, be warned.Downtown Buffalo will be converted into a gluttonous poultry paradise this weekend as the National Buffalo Wing Festival takes over Dunn Tire Park.In its seventh year, the festival has continued to grow with each turn of the calendar. A record 74,000 people came in 2007 to consume 25 tons of wings — that’s 500,000 of them. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/food/gnnfood_story_234104534.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/food/gnnfood_story_234104534.html As if a beer drinker ever needed an excuse to practice the hobby, there’s a good one this weekend: Drinking for charity.And if you ask Tim Herzog, all that beer drinking just ain’t what it used to be, which a good thing. To celebrate, Herzog, owner and brewmaster of the Ontario Street microbrewery Flying Bison, is throwing a party. It’s the seventh annual Buffalo Brewfest, to be held Saturday at HSBC Arena in Buffalo. The event, which supports the Buffalo Hearing and Speech Center, is to local beer aficionados what Wingfest is to, well, people who love chicken wings. Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:08:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/food/gnnfood_story_226171010.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/food/gnnfood_story_226171010.html It’s only the first year for the Smokin’ Eagles BBQ Championship at The Summit mall in Wheatfield, but organizer Roy Gregory already has lofty aspirations for the new food festival.“I want to make this bigger than the Taste of Buffalo,” Gregory said. “I want 300,000 people here.”Gregory’s dreaming big, but with 15 teams confirmed to compete in this weekend’s event, it’s easy to get carried away. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:35:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/food/gnnfood_story_192093816.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/food/gnnfood_story_192093816.html Once again, it's time. Time to make room in your stomach and set your appetite to hungry. Time to take some of the best cuisine Buffalo has to offer, all in one place.The Taste of Buffalo returns this weekend for the 25th time, starting at Niagara Square and continuing down Delaware Avenue in downtown Buffalo. An estimated 450,000 people are expected to visit the nation's second-largest food festival, which trails only the Taste of Chicago in turnout. Fri, 30 May 2008 15:00:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/food/gnnlifestylefood_story_151150048.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/food/gnnlifestylefood_story_151150048.html With barbecue season having unofficially kicked off last weekend, more Western New Yorkers will be found congregated around the backyard grill with a cold one in hand.But what kind of cold one? Fri, 23 May 2008 12:47:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/food/gnnlifestylefood_story_144124936.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/food/gnnlifestylefood_story_144124936.html Whether it’s for the fun, the flavor or the feeling of community, farmers markets are growing in popularity. Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:45:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/food/gnnlifestylefood_story_039144718.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/food/gnnlifestylefood_story_039144718.html Chocolate-covered bacon may be hard to imagine, but some guy on the Internet — figuring everything tastes better with bacon — took a strip and covered it with the sweet stuff.The jury is still out on the idea, but it’s certainly something to give a chocolate lover pause. Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:03:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/food/gnnfood_story_030160556.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/food/gnnfood_story_030160556.html For those who are taking a one-day sabbatical on healthy eating, the options are plentiful across Western New York for where to wing it Sunday. Corner shops will pick up their fair share of business, but some people want more. Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:53:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/food/gnnfood_story_179173508.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/food/gnnfood_story_179173508.html It’s fun to watch Father Nicholas’ face as he tells the story about when he asked his bishop if he could go to Niagara Falls and start a pierogi factory. Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:14:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/food/gnnlifestylefood_story_241141752.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/food/gnnlifestylefood_story_241141752.html After four hours of intense study, the 60 students stood, raised their right hands, faced West and recited a pledge to uphold truth, justice and the American way. Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:10:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/food/gnnfood_story_236171118.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/food/gnnfood_story_236171118.html If your garden is overflowing and you want to preserve a lot of herbs quickly, you don’t need any fancy equipment. Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:29:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/food/gnnfood_story_179172936.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/food/gnnfood_story_179172936.html When the Lewiston Garden Club was organized more than 80 years ago, the mission statement was to promote the love of beauty and the natural world passed to us by previous generations. Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:24:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/food/gnnfood_story_179172456.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/food/gnnfood_story_179172456.html Some time last spring, Diane Eshelman put together her first protest rally at Niawanda Park in the City of Tonawanda. She just wanted to let politicians know that area residents were concerned about global warming.