salamooch, They've left that up to the chefs. Some chefs are coming the week before and scoping out the goods, others are preparing their plates on the fly. The variation in available products from week to week makes it a challenge either way. …

Certainly there is nothing local, sustainable or healthy about what we've done here, and I can assure you that neither the chefs nor myself think that fine dining can come from a dollar store or that the foods carried at such a store are a good, he…

griff, Doesn't that provide even more of a reason to get behind it? Maybe you'd like to jump on board and help build the increasingly popular WNY food community--we'd love to have you! Happy Eating, Christa

leadi, Bidwell Market has rules in place stating that farmers can only sell what they produce. At the Wintermarket that is not necessarily the case. For example, at the Wintermarket, Patrick (of White Cow Dairy) can sell eggs raised on a farm …