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The view from the deck at The Hideaway at Saratoga Lake Golf Club. Inset, California chicken with bacon and Swiss cheese and guacamole. (Caroline Lee)

Saratoga Springs

At the Table: The Hideaway checks all the boxes — including good food

By Caroline Lee Of the various places you can go to get a meal, golf courses score high on my… Read more »

Every table on the terrace at 550 Waterfront has a view of Saratoga Lake. (Dan Desjardins/For The Daily Gazette)

Saratoga County

At the Table: 550 Waterfront on Saratoga Lake puts focus on seafood, shoreline

As the sun sets on Saratoga Lake, the buzz on Broadway seems so far away. I’m sunk into an Adirondack… Read more »

Saratoga Apple owner Nate Darrow picks a Macintosh apple as apple picking season has begun at the Schuylerville orchard. (Erica Miller/Staff Photographer)

For visitors to local u-pick apple orchards, a good crop awaits

One of the highlights for the fall season, especially for families looking for something to do outside, is to pick… Read more »

Saratoga Springs

One-woman pasta shop in Saratoga Springs surviving pandemic

Rose Contadino’s homemade pasta shop, Mangiamo, located at 75 Woodlawn Ave., has been open for over seven months now. But… Read more »

Photos by Caroline Lee/for The Daily Gazette

Saratoga County

The Frugal Forager: Lakeside Farms in Ballston Lake offers taste of normalcy in turbulent times

BALLSTON LAKE — It’s business as usual for this time of year at Lakeside Farms, even though the circumstances are… Read more »

The small Sicilian Pizzeria offers a big menu, with more than 150 individual items. Inset, margarita pizza. Photo by Beverly M. Elander

Schenectady

At the Table: Sicilian Pizzeria in Schenectady delivers on quick, comfort food

“Have you ever visited Sicilian Pizzeria on Van Vranken Avenue?” Good Friend inquired. “I have not,” I replied almost apologetically…. Read more »

Packing chèvre for the freezer. Photo by Margaret Hartley

Greenpoint: Need a quick answer? Avoid the food blogs

We’re milking a lot of goats and I’m making a lot of cheese right now. And with the garden in… Read more »

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Niskayuna

A different kind of Carrot Festival in Niskayuna’s Congregation Agudat Achim

NISKAYUNA — Even when Hillary Fink realized the impact COVID would have on the Congregation Agudat Achim’s annual Carrot Festival,… Read more »

Mia Villa, 3, with help of her mother Devin, prepare chocolate chip cookies for first responders. Photo by Erica Miller

Saratoga County

3-year-old Stillwater girl bakes cookies, spreads kindness

STILLWATER — When 3-year-old Mia Villa heads to the kitchen to bake her next batch of cookies, she doesn’t need a recipe…. Read more »

Huevos a la Mexicana (inset) at The Point Cafe, pictured. Caroline Lee

On Point: Schenectady’s Point Cafe remains a neighborhood gem

The Point Cafe is one of those neighborhood places with reasonably priced homemade food, cozy surroundings and friendly staff. In… Read more »