How to choose wisely, and find the best possible practitioner in either case.

A short list of mohels recommended by local synagogues, Jewish community organizations, and parents.

What’s okay to buy, cook, or order anymore? A soup-to-nuts guide to dining with a clean conscience.

How three ecosensitive products stack up against their best-selling supermarket rivals.

So you want to open a bar, huh? A profitable bar? We asked four experts to run the numbers on a make- believe, 1,000-square-foot neighborhood pub in the East Village.

Offending agents and how to combat them.

The author had an inkling that she might be mildly allergic to cats but wasn’t sure. Before dosing up at the local Duane Reade, she went to four medical offices to get pricked, prodded, sensored, and shot.

Four doctors and a pharmacist assess the many meds now vying to soothe your sinuses.

In goes the eye-reddening, sneeze-inducing nasties, out comes cool, clean air. Five filters, tested.

Fall is second only to spring in sneezing, eye-itching misery. To help ease allergy sufferers’ pain, we sort out the causes, tests, and ever more confusing treatments.