The experience at Shirokuro, which first debuted at the end of March, can only be described as stepping inside a drawing.The floors, walls, chairs and tables are all white with black trimmings ...

Visiting New York City ... like the city's lights. The silhouettes of the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building call to mind the elegance of all the 1930s black-and-white movies set ...

As far as New York Jewish desserts go, perhaps the most ubiquitous is the black and white cookie, that soft, sweet, frosted treat found at bakeries and bagel stores throughout the city.

but what we do know is that black and white cookies have become an essential part of not just New York City culture, but also world history, religion, and even racial commentary.

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture's first collection was started in 1925, and today, it is among the oldest and largest collections of materials documenting the history and culture of ...