Francesca Bond

Buffalo

Food and Drink Reporter at Buffalo News

Relationships Editor at MindBodyGreen

food & drink reporter @thebuffalonews | she/her | [email protected]

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Articles

This week in Buffalo food: Festivals to add to your summer calendar

1 week ago | buffalonews.com | Francesca Bond

BY FRANCESCA BONDMay 28, 2025What's happening on the Buffalo-area food sceneBuffalo’s food scene is on full display during the summer. Some foods – wings, burgers, corn and peaches – get their own festivals. Other festivals (Taste of Buffalo) put the entire region’s culinary offerings on display. One festival (Taste of History) takes you back in time, while another (Women in Food) celebrates local women chefs and farmers. There's a lot to taste before fall returns.
This week in Buffalo food: Festivals to add to your summer calendar

1 week ago | buffalonews.com | Francesca Bond

Buffalo’s food scene is on full display during the summer. Some foods – wings, burgers, corn and peaches – get their own festivals. Other festivals (Taste of Buffalo) put the entire region’s culinary offerings on display. One festival (Taste of History) takes you back in time, while another (Women in Food) celebrates local women chefs and farmers. There's a lot to taste before fall returns.
What’s needed for fashion to take off in Buffalo?

1 week ago | buffalonews.com | Francesca Bond

When Jada Ivey needs new material for her clothing brand, XII XXI, she heads to a thrift store, where she buys used jeans in every shade of blue. She will transform the secondhand clothes into new vests, pants and hats. Each of her pieces are their own Frankenstein-like creation. The button-fly from a pair of vintage Levi’s may now find itself stitched into the bottom of a pant leg. A back pocket may end up sewn onto the knee.
Here's What Happened When I Walked 20,000 Steps Every Day For 2 Weeks

1 week ago | mindbodygreen.com | Francesca Bond

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This week in Buffalo food: Sevens brings all-vegan food, cafe drinks to First Ward

2 weeks ago | buffalonews.com | Francesca Bond

BY FRANCESCA BONDMay 21, 2025What's happening on the Buffalo-area food sceneCaitlin Lanigan and Yazmin Bitouche have worked at vegan restaurants around the world, from Australia to London. They recently brought what they learned to Buffalo with their new all-vegan cafe and bakery, Sevens. Sevens opened this month at 225 Louisiana St. in an industrial brick building facing a verdant park and backdrop of grain elevators.
This week in Buffalo food: Sevens brings all-vegan food, cafe drinks to First Ward

2 weeks ago | buffalonews.com | Francesca Bond

Caitlin Lanigan and Yazmin Bitouche have worked at vegan restaurants around the world, from Australia to London. They recently brought what they learned to Buffalo with their new all-vegan cafe and bakery, Sevens. Sevens opened this month at 225 Louisiana St. in an industrial brick building facing a verdant park and backdrop of grain elevators.
This week in Buffalo food: Afghani immigrant cooks traditional food in Amherst

3 weeks ago | buffalonews.com | Francesca Bond

BY FRANCESCA BONDMay 14, 2025What's happening on the Buffalo-area food sceneShah Khuramzai didn't plan to become a chef in Amherst, but he had no choice other than to leave his family and career behind in Afghanistan for a safer life in Buffalo. Still, he's glad to be here. "I work a lot. I have a family here. I have four kids and a wife," Khuramzai said. "We happy."Khuramzai grew up and spent most of his life in Afghanistan.
This week in Buffalo food: Afghani immigrant cooks traditional food in Amherst

3 weeks ago | buffalonews.com | Francesca Bond

Shah Khuramzai didn't plan to become a chef in Amherst, but he had no choice other than to leave his family and career behind in Afghanistan for a safer life in Buffalo. Still, he's glad to be here. "I work a lot. I have a family here. I have four kids and a wife," Khuramzai said. "We happy."Khuramzai grew up and spent most of his life in Afghanistan. He has a master's degree in administration in his home country and had a job there working with Americans.
How 25 million pizza logs a year are made in Niagara County

3 weeks ago | buffalonews.com | Francesca Bond

Wielding a long knife with two handles, Hopell Nelson saws into a pepperoni stick. It’s Wednesday morning at the factory in Sanborn where they make pizza logs. The extra long pepperoni sticks are fed into the top of stainless steel machines, as if the pepperoni was timber and the machine was a blazing hearth. The room is loud with the rhythmic clanging of heavy machinery. If one person or machine fails to perform their duty, the whole operation is thrown off balance.
Study Shows This Is The Best Way To Exercise Your Way To Perfect Poops

1 month ago | mindbodygreen.com | Francesca Bond

Image by BONNINSTUDIO / StocksyMay 08, 2025We all know what we eat plays a pivotal role in our bowel movements, but it's not the only influential factor. Our physical activity levels—how much and how intensely we move—also affect our regularity. And research shows just how much increased activity hastens the time it takes food to pass through our bodies.