Cocktails, mocktails help kick up your scaled-down holiday season
People like to drink during the holidays and the numbers prove it: Imbibers consume an average of twice the amount… Read more »
Rainbow cookies conjure memories of ‘family, love and joy’
What do rainbow cookies mean to the Lee family? “To me, they represent family, love and joy,” writes my niece… Read more »
One meal, two cultures: Family honors Italian and Slovak roots every Christmas Eve
“Mary!” “Maria!” “Mariska!” … These are the names I heeded growing up — each a nod to my ancestry but… Read more »
For many, Christmas Eve still means fish
The Christmas Eves of my childhood were spent in Scotia at my grandparents’ modest white clapboard home on Sacandaga Road…. Read more »
Capital Region
Magic moments: Readers share their favorite holiday memories
We asked readers for some of their favorite holiday tales, and they delivered. Here’s a collection of poignant — and… Read more »
Christmas meant additions to miniature world
It should come as no surprise I ended up a cook and a food writer, for I had been trained… Read more »
Coal for Christmas? It can happen
“You’re going to get coal in your stocking!” Who didn’t hear that growing up, the warning from your mom as… Read more »
Capital Region
Capital Region Scrapbook: Holiday edition
The Daily Gazette’s history division has finished shopping in the paper’s massive archive of photo negatives and digital photographs. We’re unwrapping them today, in this… Read more »
Capital Region
Fall Home: Your guide to our 2020 big edition
Most of us have been home more than ever this year. Because of COVID-19, our kitchen tables have become impromptu… Read more »
Albany County
Latham resident transforms deck, backyard while stuck at home
LATHAM — Summer for Rocco Ricchiuti usually means working and traveling. But this year the Latham resident was stuck at… Read more »
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