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People fill the streets for food and music during the 14th annual Little Italy Streetfest on Jay Street in Schenectady on Sept. 7, 2019. The festival was one of the organizations that received County Initiative Arts Grant Program funding.

Schenectady County

Schenectady County announces Initiative Arts Grant Program; $30K available

Schenectady County is accepting applications for the 2021 County Initiative Arts Grant Program (CIP). A total of $30,000 is available… Read more »

Set out the table the way your favorite restaurant does. (Metro Creative Services)

Making home feel like a restaurant

Restaurant quality food is no more than an Uber Eats away, but the experience of restaurant dining goes far beyond… Read more »

Jamella Anderson with her Free Food Fridge at 488 Broadway in Albany

Albany

Heaping Helpings: Free Food Fridge project provides access for Albany residents

Originally published April 29 in our Heaping Helpings special section. ALBANY – The idea sounds simple: Stock fridges full of… Read more »

A Smokey Bob sandwich consisting of smoked turkey, melted cheddar, bacon, honey mustard, lettuce and tomato at Genoa Importing.

At the Table: Genoa Importing’s quality ingredients in Loudonville get a little lost in the mix

“I love sandwiches!” Favorite Nurse announced at the lunch table one recent Saturday afternoon. She was in luck. Genoa specializes… Read more »

Bobby Flay in "Beat Bobby Flay" (Food Network/Tribune News Service). Inset: Chefs Jeannette Liebers and Chris Bonnivier. (provided/YouTube)

Saratoga Springs

A win and a loss for Saratoga chef featured on TV

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Saratoga Springs chef Jeannette Liebers had a win and a loss on Thursday night’s episode of “Beat… Read more »

From our Heaping Helpings special section today

Capital Region

Heaping Helpings Special Section: How food, and those who provided it, lifted us through pandemic

CAPITAL REGION – Food and those who provided it helped lift us through the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic. These… Read more »

Meals from The Healing Meals in Albany

Capital Region

Heaping Helpings: Premade or prepped, picked-up or delivered, food providers that simplify mealtime

CAPITAL REGION – One year and counting—one year since we settled into living life almost exclusively within the boundaries of… Read more »

Sookyung Lee, founder of Ppang Bakery, holds a loaf of milk bread and one peanut butter & chocolate cookie bread.

Niskayuna

Heaping Helpings: Niskayuna woman’s home-based bakery takes flight utilizing Instagram orders, deliveries

Sookyung Lee, a Niskayuna resident and the founder of Ppang Bakery, spent years trying to pin down the exact recipe… Read more »

SUNY Schenectady Culinary Arts majors Evette Maisonette and Panagiota Giakoumis preparing meals for Feed Albany.

Albany

Heaping Helpings: Nonprofit Feed Albany pivots from restaurant employees to packaged meals for anyone in need

COVID-19 may be on its way out but Feed Albany, a nonprofit formed to address pandemic-related food insecurity, plans to… Read more »

A colorful fajita bowl made with cauliflower rice, peppers, onions, black beans and plenty of spices

Heaping Helpings: Indiana Nash – Pandemic offered me a chance at healthier eating habits

Everything about daily life was turned on its head this past year. So I figured, why not change nearly everything… Read more »