The Ginger Fig Spread is the light, the Wild Maine Blueberry Jam is the fuse, and the Maple Pumpkin Butter is the bomb.
The Ginger Fig Spread is the light, the Wild Maine Blueberry Jam is the fuse, and the Maple Pumpkin Butter is the bomb.
You can also purchase Stonewall products at Globe Market on Elmwood, Wegmans, and occasionally I've found them at Guercios. If you're in Chautauqua, the gourmet shop at Red Brick Farm has them too.
Michael, thank you for an interesting post. I hadn't heard of Stonewall Kitchen products before and look forward to trying them. FYI, I don't live ALL the way under a rock- I have heard of the Barefoot Contessa. :)
In spite of that 'smidgen' of sarcasm, which I truly enjoy, Viking makes an excellent point. There's a great big world out there. I anxiously await Christa's review of Restaurant Louis XV in Monaco. I phoned my pal Alain and he says prime seating and a special tasting menu will greet her.
According to QE's latest posting looking for new or old not known places, maybe now is the time to consider extending the boundaries of coverage in seeking new material to comment on. If for nothing other than self interest, the places featured, their friends and other possibly interested parties would become visitors to this blog. Think of all the new people that could be attacked or the expansion of dissent.
Well, Buffalopundit, you seem to have a lot of free time and ideas. So why don't you start a site such as you describe and cover everything but the City or the City plus whatever areas you think the site should cover?
I picked up the Eggplant Spread at Globe Market. I put it out with some pieces of fresh baguette for guests at the holidays and everyone loved it! It has less of an eggplant flavor and more of a caper flavor - it was excellent!
Premier has a Buffalo postal address, but is well outside of city limits, located near the intersection of Delaware Avenue and Sheridan Drive on the Tonawanda/Kenmore line. Kenton Rising.
According to QE's latest posting looking for new or old not known places, maybe now is the time to consider extending the boundaries of coverage in seeking new material to comment on. If for nothing other than self interest, the places featured, their friends and other possibly interested parties would become visitors to this blog. Think of all the new people that could be attacked or the expansion of dissent.
How could he do that now with a straight face?
This whole site was built on a promote-the-city-ignore-everything-outside-it platform. I thought it was stupid then, and I think it's stupid now, and I expressed that opinion to all and sundry, to their faces. Actually, I think it's beyond stupid. I think it's divisive, elitist, arrogant, and counterproductive for anyone to perpetuate a pointless, imbecilic city/suburb divide.
It would be like a Boston blog ignoring neat things to do in Cambridge or Brookline. It's not just silly, it's an outdated parochialism that helps keep the region down. We all know from listening to Sandy Beach that many suburbanites avoid the city like the plague. I think that's idiotic. I didn't know until this site popped up that many urbanites avoid leaving the city like the plague.
That's too bad for them, because I can't imagine not educating a company or person who wants to locate in this area about East Aurora, Chestnut Ridge Park, Old Fort Niagara, Niagara Falls, Toronto, Williamsville, where the malls are, where the best public schools are, the county park in Akron, the four corners in Orchard Park, the village of Hamburg's little downtown, the beaches along Lake Erie on both sides of the border, the Chautauqua Institution, the antique shops in Clarence or Westfield, the proximity to Hamilton, Burlington, and Toronto, a sunset dinner in Wilson, the locks in Lockport, summertime concerts in North Tonawanda, the Niawanda park along River Road, Fantasy Island, Zooz, skiing in the southern tier, Ellicottville, the balloons & quaint downtown of Wellsville, Batavia's rejuvenated Main Street, Greycliff, Darien Lake, Alabama swamps, the Arcade-Attica railway, pancake breakfasts in the spring, the Strong Museum, etc., etc. ad infinitum.
In addition to the city's great attractions, all of these things contribute to what makes living in Buffaloland worth the political headaches and economic hassles. Buffalo Rising has chosen to ignore and disregard countless places, people, and events that make WNY a great place to live, work, and raise a family.
I think it's a shame, in every sense of the word.
OMG Pundit- you got them!!!!! Well done!
It is a violation of BRO's sworn hatred, disgust, and pledge never, ever to acknowledge the existence of any municipalities outside of Buffalo city limits.
I didn't make that rule, and I think this underscores just how back-ass-wards and economically/socially retarded it is.
Wow, hit a nerve, but some valid points to consider. I have a confession, in taking to people, I find some don't even know about this Blog, which to me is a problem for oblivious reasons, attaching interest to it would help publicize not only the topics but expand the reach of advertising. With news print taking a hit, this is a good medium to get information. Yet BR has demonstrated it's worth with it'd current policy and the comments are an indication it gets attention for it's content. That's a kiss to both Pun & New, don't want to piss off anyone.
Good point Pundit. I like how they promote O'Connells & Torches too. Also located in the village of Kenmore. I don't have a problem with it - I wish they would branch outside the city lines a bit more. But you're right - it is their "rule".
Viking, that isn't surprising.
in taking to people, I find some don't even know about this Blog, which to me is a problem for oblivious reasons
A Nielsen/Arbitron report last year said only 2% of people regularly read any blogs at all in the Buffalo market area (eight western counties of NY, plus two counties of Northern PA). Buffalo tied with Pittsburgh for last place among top 81 market areas. They say Austin is first with 15% and U.S. average is 8%.
http://www.scarborough.com/press_releases/Blog%20Ranker%20FINAL%2010.24.07.pdf
So if BR or anybody gets even a 25% share, which would be huge considering the wide range of online interests, that would still be about half of one percent. It's a safe bet that more than 99.5% of people around here don't read this. In some demographic categories that could differ of course. Your best bet for getting a better estimate would be for you to survey your customers, and maybe more important to somehow ask a good number of non-customers, and ask what they regularly read online and offline.
Well, Buffalopundit, you seem to have a lot of free time and ideas. So why don't you start a site such as you describe and cover everything but the City or the City plus whatever areas you think the site should cover?
I don't have to. It exists & it's called "Block Club".
Will the Amherst Bee, Hamburg Sun and Niagara Gazette be dissolved under your big picture thinking? Shall me have one regional source of information? Let me guess- WNYMedia.net! BuffaloRising = BUFFALO. Get it?
We don't need one regional source of information. All of the papers you mention are news dailies, and none of them play some bizarre game of make-believe that other municipalities don't exist. So, we're comparing apples and oranges. Furthermore, this has nothing whatsoever to do with WNYMedia.net, (but thanks for bringing it up), so I don't know why you're changing the subject.
Will the Amherst Bee, Hamburg Sun and Niagara Gazette be dissolved under your big picture thinking? Shall me have one regional source of information? Let me guess- WNYMedia.net! BuffaloRising = BUFFALO. Get it?
I love Stonewall Kitchen also and Blue Alligator Specialty Foods in East Aurora carries a large selection of Stonewall and Barefoot Contessa products. I know its not in the city but a lot of us out here read the YUM section and often venture downtown.
SuburbanBuffaloPundit: shamelessly exhalting in the pleasures of East Aurora.
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