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Andrew Galarneau, Buffalo-based independent journalist (Four Bites) / UB journalism teacher (ENG 213) / cook / writing coach / ex-Buffalo News food editor

[FourBites.net @BuffaloFood]

Four Bites' summer semester starts 7 pm July 15, Northern Chinese 101 at Peking Quick One. Then Indian 101 at @alibabakebab716 July 25, 6 pm, 7880 Transit Rd, and Aug. 6 in Kenmore, 827 Military Rd. $30 for a bellyful of food a head full of knowledge. Tix: https://t.co/dedCUFVNii

[Frank Gourmet Hot Dogs 🌭 @FindFrankNow]

WE DID IT... AGAIN! 🏆

Thank you Buffalo Spree Magazine, readers, and all of YOU who voted for us this year in the #BestofWNY!

Frank took home the WIN in two categories:

Best French Fries 🍟

Best Hot Dog 🌭

Check out the winners in the July / August issue. Available now!

[FourBites.net @BuffaloFood]

Join me Wednesday, July 15 at Peking Quick One in Tonawanda to explore Northern Chinese cuisine. $30 including tax and tip, and take home a doggy bag of knowledge. I’ll explain what’s in the food, how to make it, and where to get the ingredients.
Tickets https://t.co/dedCUFVNii

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

“Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.”

The above sentence actually means something and is grammatically correct.

Come with us on this journey where the buffalo roam.
🧵⬇️

[FourBites.net @BuffaloFood]

Imam bayildi - “the imam fainted” in Turkish - draws out eggplant’s lush, silky richness

[Kalofagas Greek Food @kalofagas]

Imam Bayildi https://t.co/nfFfoCRRoe

[Michael Chelus @MichaelChelus]

#SundayReading on the #NittanyEpicurean features Fieldstone Country Inn @alibabakebab716 Mojo Market @ErieCountyFair Hānai Hawaiian BBQ @ThinManBrewery Other Half Brewing and more. Check it out! #food #buffalorestaurants #gobills
https://t.co/J5YKZc4bue

[The Buffalo News @TheBuffaloNews]

Howard Goldman is possibly the only Jackie Jocko-like piano man left in Buffalo. With his piano lounge closed, Goldman is determined to save the Buffalo tradition from extinction. https://t.co/cP27LNFvgZ

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Why is it ‘cancelled’ in the U.K. but ‘canceled’ in the U.S.?

Because we gave them that L in 1776.

[smitten kitchen @smittenkitchen]

A tall, craggy, crunchy-edged shortcake that’s a cinch to make, requiring no rolling pins, round cutters, unusual ingredients, or more pressingly, advanced planning to put together. Just add berries and cream. 

https://t.co/yytmVXGQwX

[smitten kitchen @smittenkitchen]

These are our go-to fridge pickles, and they are ludicrously easy. Do you have salt? Do you have vinegar? You’re set. They’re not bad at all an hour later, excellent 6 to 8 hours later, and also three weeks from now — by then, we’ll be on our third batch.

https://t.co/yp9Nx5tK8c

[FourBites.net @BuffaloFood]

Even worse is the name, a contraction of New England Confectionary Co. Low-effort all the way.

[Mike Bales 🫡🇺🇸 @MikeBales]

Necco Wafers: the candy equivalent of getting socks for Christmas. Tastes like regret wrapped in pastel chalk. Quite possibly the worst definition of ‘candy’ ever invented. Change my mind.

[Poynter @Poynter]

Newspapers owned by Lee Enterprises will see strikingly similar front pages this weekend, according to an email sent to the company’s properties, telling them all to run a positive three-story package on their new billionaire chairman David Hoffmann.

Union leaders at the company, which publishes the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and The Buffalo News, among others, are troubled by the move, which they said raises questions about editorial interference in each paper’s decisionmaking.

https://t.co/Bvj4YGwvBP

[katherine fitzgerald @kfitz134]

4) but any real buffalonian knows that the west side fireworks are the best show around. my first aim screenname was fireworklover24, so i'm actually an authority on this. here's my video from last year and an unrelated meme

[katherine fitzgerald @kfitz134]

1) it actually rocks that we rotate recognizing the diverse people that make up our community — that's what the city of good neighbors should be all about

2) remember this lol:

[Investigative Post @ipostnews]

Erie County Sheriff John Garcia last year hired a former Monroe County sergeant who'd been accused of illegally accessing sensitive internal files more than 130 times.

The sergeant, Michael Zamiara, was never punished. Instead, he got a job from Garcia.

https://t.co/NPzYyjtMZN

[Investigative Post @ipostnews]

Last year, the Monroe County Sheriff charged a jail sergeant with more than 130 counts of illegally accessing files.

But Sgt. Zamiara was never punished. Instead, he resigned and now works as a jail guard in Erie County.

Read our latest investigation: https://t.co/NPzYyjtfaf

[Tyrone Billums @Buffwagon819]

Private equity garbage

[Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein]

Our California reporting jobs are now open for applications.
* We are hiring four reporters! Salary of $100k to $160k: https://t.co/4gzri3GwSr
* We are hiring one Ancil Payne reporting fellow (two years). Salary of $75k: https://t.co/z9xHGOzXsS

[United Farm Workers @UFWupdates]

"Cirilo" harvests strawberries in Ventura County. "We earn $16.90/hr. As it’s the end of the season, we’re barely making enough to cover our rent & expenses as we're only getting 5 to 6 hours work a day. But we have to keep going—that’s the life of a farmworker." #WeFeedYou

[FourBites.net @BuffaloFood]

Four Bites' summer semester starts 7 pm July 15, Northern Chinese 101 at Peking Quick One. Then Indian 101 at @alibabakebab716 July 25, 6 pm, 7880 Transit Rd, and Aug. 6 in Kenmore, 827 Military Rd. $30 for a bellyful of food a head full of knowledge. Tix: https://t.co/dedCUFVNii

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

If you own a restaurant, I am begging you to have your menu on your website. Do not force people to start an online order just to view it. I just want to know if you serve queso. I shouldn’t have to select a location, pickup time, and my astrological sign just to find out.