Anka from Svan: Affordable high chairs that don’t scrimp on style

by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes

We’ve always loved modern high chairs but they tend to be on the squint-your-eyes- as-you-hand-your-credit-card-over side of things. Even so, the cheap plastic versions aren’t a very appealing alternative when you consider the damage to the planet–...

Smashies are a hit

by Danielle | Food + Recipes

Back when my daughter was a toddler, I’d stroll the aisles of the supermarket and get incredibly angry. As a working mom, I wanted nothing more than to buy convenient snack packs of her favorite foods, but then I’d look at the nutrition labels and walk...

The way to this mama’s heart is through her stomach

by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes, Valentine's Day

Besides unconditional love, the only thing that I want for Valentine’s Day is something chocolate and decadent. Like, say, these heart-shaped brownies from Kitchen Witch. I’ve already gushed about Casey’s ready-to-bake line of cookies, brownies and...

Spreading the gluten-free love

by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes

Those of us with food allergies in the family know the scary importance of reading food labels. So does Jackie, a New England graphic artist turned mom of a son with celiac disease. She turned her years of obsessive label reading into a company called Vanilla Spoons...

Toby + Rei spin bamboo and cotton into a whole lot of cute

by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes

I don’t think I could ever send my kids off to school with a flimsy paper lunch bag after getting one of Toby + Rei’s sturdy and very cool reusable Robot Lunch Sacks. These heavyweight, 100% organic cotton sacks are so much bigger than the typical lunch...

Health food masquerading as delicious snacks

by Mir | Food + Recipes

Let’s be clear, here–I’m a from-scratch baker. I like to bake, and I like to know exactly what’s in the foods I’m feeding my kids. So when I first came across the baking mixes from Matisse & Jack’s, I thought maybe they’d...

Hint Water – Totally Indulgent and Yet Totally Calorie Free. Figure That One Out.

by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes

Have you tried Hint Water yet? You have to. You just totally have to. Take it from me, because I’m not a flavored water fan. Mostly I think water is pretty darn good, and it doesn’t need a whole lot of flavoring. But Hint Water–all natural, no...

Top Chef Comes to Your Kitchen. Yes, Sam Too.

by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes

Yesterday, both my kids’ daddy and my own daddy opened up their brand new copies of Top Chef: The Cookbook. Which is why I held this review until today. Publisher Chronicle Books always does an outstanding job with their titles and this canvas-covered tome is no...