On December 15, 2021, Margalit Lankry arrived early at the spacious Old Carriage House in Monsey, the workspace of Shani Kaufman of ICO Design,...

Our first child, a son, was born right before Chanukah, two months before our first anniversary. It was still shanah rishonah when we took...

Intermittent fasting, in all its various permutations, has become a fad, but what does it really do? Well, research on intermittent fasting still leaves much to...

After my late father-in-law, Reb Yisroel Yitzchok Cohen, z”l, was liberated from the last of the concentration camps where he was interned during the...

Yield: 20–30 minis Crust 2 sticks (1 cup) margarine 1¼ cups sugar 2 eggs 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 4 cups flour 1 pinch salt 1 teaspoon baking powder ⅓ cup orange juice Toppings Vanilla custard Chocolate...

Yield: 12 servings 15 oz. quality baking chocolate 12 waffle cones Shredded coconut or nut brittle, to dip rims 1 lb. strawberries 10–12 oz. blueberries 2 mangoes 4 kiwis 1 pomegranate Sour cream, custard, or other...

Yield: 1–2 cups 1 cup organic dried elderberries 3½ cups water ¾ cup raw honey 1 star anise In a medium-sized saucepan over medium heat, cook dried elderberries and...

Makes 2 rolls ½ cup raw or roasted almonds ¾ cup raw or roasted walnuts ¹⁄ cup shredded coconut 1 cup + 2 tablespoons date paste (look for...

As told to Musia Kaplan Photography by Eli Basri Burning, blazing and blinding, a wildfire is one of nature’s most voracious forces. And yet, it is...

My brother called to inform me that he had put our mother’s house—my childhood home—on the market just three short weeks after she returned...