Red Mercury is among the greatest intelligence hoaxes of all time. I submit that it just might be the greatest because it was not only the most effective, it was also the longest lasting...

Rav Aber’s résumé is almost as impressive as his dignified rabbinical bearing. A mashgiach for almost 30 years in a yeshivah ketanah in Bnei Brak and a yeshivah gedolah in Petach Tikvah, he is...

My husband had just returned from a three-day trip abroad to attend a family simchah with his brother while I’d remained at home with our newborn baby. Pulling a duty-free shopping bag out of...

As an alarm sounded in my ear, I awoke with a start. I felt myself trembling; I was in a half-dark room in a strange country. After a moment of confusion, I remembered: I...

“Maybe you’ll change your mind,” I said to my husband hopefully first thing in the morning. “I am not going,” my husband replied. “But it’s our neighbors’ bar mitzvah!” I begged. “Mr. Freund will be so...

First it was the doctor flying back to the hospital to see his patients. Then it was the family of five returning from a family simchah in Florida. Now it’s the “professor” with a...

My bubby's kokosh cake is the stuff memories are made of. Though it’s been close to a decade since I last tasted this, I can still taste the oozing chocolate and heavenly flavors that...

For the carrot layer: 1 bag baby carrots 2 teaspoons olive oil ¼ cup brown sugar Kosher salt, to taste For the meat layer: 1½-2 pounds chuck or pepper steak 2 teaspoons olive oil 1½ cups diced button mushrooms 2½ teaspoons allspice 2 teaspoons...

10 fresh apricots 15 peaches 15 nectarines 15 plums 3 pears 3 Cortland apples 3 green apples 1 cup sugar 4 cloves 1 (approx. 3-oz.) box strawberry jello powder 1. Peel all fruit, aside from apricots and plums. Cut into chunks. 2. In a 12-quart...

Beets are often underrated as an ingredient. Some people are scared off because they don’t know what to do with them. Well, that’s not a problem anymore! These four amazing recipes using beets will...