By Susan Klatsky Cohen

How to spin out the pleasure of eating a Mallomar? Dunking is an option, of course, but there are more creative ways to dote on them . . .

By Ro Howe

Our long-time contributor Ro Howe, chef/owner of Barraud Caterers, in New York City, had a grim, dour mom. Happily, she acquired several second mothers: the stern but benign Benedictine nuns at her boarding school. Here, in fond memory of the nuns-her-mothers, is a recipe for a real, and comforting, English pudding.

By Ro Howe

Here’s a menu, smiling at the edges and warm in the middle, for a spring-welcoming feast.

By Rabbi Leah Berkowitz

Though Biblical, Talmudic, medieval, Enlightenment, and contemporary times, the seder has been a call to change the world, change oneself, and move from bondage to freedom.

“Tim and Pitita, now that you’ve done the dipping and drizzling sauces, you’re on stovetop work: flame-roasting peppers for the bruschetta, mac and cheese, quesadilla filling, pea mousse, mushroom broth for ravioli, asparagus gnocchi for the polpettone, butternut squash risotto pancakes, St. Marcellin crème for the brûlée . . . “

Don’t use Thanksgiving as a springboard to create excuse after excuse about how you’ve stopped taking care of yourself just because it is the beginning of the holiday season.

Treat potluck with respect; banish stress; plan, organize, share the tasks, and you’ll be surprised how smoothly the meal comes together through your gift of coordinating the celebration so it doesn’t drift into disarray or crumble into a small calamity.

Just looking at the place-names Marsala, Bodrum, and Alexandria evokes in me such taste-memory nostalgia for the cultures and cuisines I have experienced there! From time to time, Women’s Voices for Change will be posting my thoughts about utilizing the Mediterranean chef’s healthy—and delectable—approach to eating.

How about pairing oysters and a really cold martini with cucumber juice? Yes . . . listen for bells!—there is a marriage happening!—voilà! Cucumber martini sorbet with oysters and red pepper balsamic syrup!

From editor/author Pamela Fiori, summer entertaining tips, favorite summer reading, and three TV series she finds more appealing than the current crop of summer movies.

This week’s contributor to our series on Summer Indulgences is Kara Ross, founder of Kara Ross jewelry and winner of the 2012 Fashion Icon Award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA). Her indulgences include ice cream, bottles of bubbles, and a gorgeous stack of gemstone bangles.

What to wear to a summer party, favorite summer entertaining tips, and more from the next stylish contributor to our new Summer Indulgences Series—Liz Lange, whose eponymous maternity line changed the face of fashion forever for those who are expecting.

A weight-loss plateau: It’s a very scary, very real scenario. But before you decide to totally surrender to the fact that the scale may never move again, ponder the advice nutritionist Keri Gans gives her patients.

For the elegant picnic Ro Howe, chef/owner of Barraud Caterers, in New York City (see Part One), has devised to mark the day of our Revolution, she offers these grilling recipes, as well as suggestions for sparking games for both children and grown-ups.

To swing into July, we asked several accomplished women we admire to come up with 10 suggestions for a sweet summer. Our first fashionable dreamer is Deborah Needleman, editor-in-chief of “WSJ,” the Wall Street Journal magazine, as well as the creator of the “Off Duty” weekend section of “The Wall Street Journal” and the author of “The Perfectly Imperfect Home.”