Nowadays, John W. Dean III is no longer the boyish-looking, horn-rimmed 34-year-old who mesmerized the world with his dramatic testimony before the Senate Watergate Committee in June 1973 about President Nixon’s direct involvement in...

Crepe Cups: 1 cup flour 1½ cups chilled seltzer 1 egg yolk, chilled Cherry Filling: 1 cup Baker’s Choice nougat chips ¼ cup chopped hazelnuts 1 cup heavy cream 16 ounces whipped cream cheese, chilled 1¼ cups sugar 7 ounces white chocolate, melted in a...

2½ pounds beets (about 10 medium), peeled and quartered½ cup fresh lemon juice ½ cup honey 1½ teaspoons salt ½ cup chopped walnuts 1 red onion, cut into thin strips Place beets in a 4-quart pot. Add enough...

In addition to my day job as an Ami columnist, I also have the privilege of serving as the rabbi of one of Los Angeles’s many shuls. But mine is no ordinary shul—it is Congregation Bais Naftoli, founded by a group of Holocaust survivors, and...

How was it that you, O Law, given by G-d, the Consuming Fire, Should be consumed by the fire of mortals, And that the heathens weren’t singed by your burning coals? How can food ever again be...

When it comes to the beach, I take more of a stick-my-feet-into-the-water approach to the waves, which I see as beautiful and refreshing, but deceptive. What looks calm on the surface can be hiding...

I have never been a neat freak. Actually, I have never been in danger of being called one, proving that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. My mother was extremely easygoing when...

Beat the heat in the summer months with this delightful, refreshing smoothie. You can also transform part, or all, of it into these popular yogurt pops. Kids love these pops and Mommy will be...

  The wholesome ingredients in this cheesecake (protein from Greek yogurt, along with oats and apples) will make you feel full...but there’s still ample sweetness to so no one will feel like they’ve missed out on dessert...and with...

O one of the most moving moments of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Israel occurred during his meeting with ten-year-old Moishe Holtzberg, whose parents, Chabad shluchim Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg, were...