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How Wegmans Buys Fish: The Complicated Story Behind Your Seafood Dinner

December 9, 2010

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BUFFALO, N.Y. — The seafood cases at Wegmans on Amherst Street hold the story of our oceans. New York State scallops, $12.99 a pound, rest like delicate pillows—pink and white and juicy—on a bed of cheesecloth. Fillets of silver-skinned rainbow trout glimmer alongside rounded steaks of swordfish from Canada. Other delights include crab legs from Russia,… [Read more…]

The House on Howell Street: The Origins, Decay and Revival of a Very Special Home in Buffalo’s Black Rock Neighborhood

December 1, 2009

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BUFFALO, N.Y. — The flowers began to come up in spring, like a message from the past. First came the tulips, with waxy petals crowning stiff stalks and rigid leaves. Next, the violets pushed through the soil, purple gems studding a sizable stretch of earth. And then the chives sprouted, a brilliant green, flooding the… [Read more…]