Buying shrimp is a little like buying wine. If you’re having a party and want to impress, without spending a lot of money, buy jug wine, and transfer to carafes, or check with your wine merchant to get the best deal for the price. Most people will happily chuga-lug the stuff, and even get a buzz on, no matter what the quality.

While downtown bustles during the week, Sunday is a slower day. But with new brunch menus at four long-standing downtown restaurants, that will change.

While not local in origin, crab cakes are certainly seasonal, and now through October is the time to enjoy these delicate yet hearty morsels

Diners at Gentile’s on Burnet Avenue on Saturday, March 31, were enjoying Kevin Gentile’s famous food, unaware that he was planning on...

It isn’t every day that a chef gets to cook at the hallowed digs of the James Beard Foundation in New York City. But on Monday, March 19, Chance Bear, executive chef at Francesca’s Cucin

The inaugural Iron Fork Syracuse proved a culinary success

Upscale breakfast provides a welcome respite from holiday hustleWonderful as the holidays are, they come with a lot of stress: shopping, decorating the tree, hosting and attending parties, visiting

It comes with a Friday-night fish sandwich special, or a burger at a cookout. The crunch of green cabbage masked with smooth and zesty mayonnaise makes for a tasty accompaniment and texture contrast to the palate. What’s more, it’s cheap, and can last, refrigerated, for days.

Like every other city in the United States, the Hispanic population in Syracuse is growing. Latest Census data puts the number of those identifying themselves as Latino at nearly 8,600 or 7 percent of the population from such countries as Puerto Rico, Mexico and the Dominican Republic.