by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes
Mother’s Day is the perfect opportunity for me to troll for two of my favorite indulgences – accessories, and chocolate. Although I admit I wasn’t expecting to encounter both rolled into one. So when I came across the chocolate pump and purse at Dean...
by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes
There’s no better way to honor Earth Day than to grow something. Anything. That is, something besides mold on the expired sour cream in the back of the fridge. Or is that just me? We love this Edible Indoor Mini Garden from delight.com. Besides looking fabulous...
by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes
While I’m a fairly noncompetitive person, and I’m not so much about the one-upping around the birthday party circuit, I have to ooh and ahh over what has got to be the coolest party favor ever for my daughter’s next bash.Cult favorite Jones Soda now...
by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes
It’s no secret that cooking doesn’t usually inspire warm and fuzzy feelings in me. I’m especially hesitant to try new recipes – after all that effort, will it turn out well? Or will it end up dumped into a napkin when I turn my back and shoved...
by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes
Just this week I was browsing the juice box aisle for my toddler, thinking how convenient it would be to be able to stash one of those in the diaper bag and forgo the sippy cup. And then I remembered that the last time we tried juice boxes it entailed a change of...
by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes
Let’s get one thing straight right away: I don’t cook. I avoid it whenever possible. I’m not good at it, I don’t enjoy it, and I’m damn lucky that my husband is happy to take over in this department. When I’m on duty, it’s...
by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes
Whoever invented the Tiny Diner Portable Placemat has definitely walked a mile in my shoes. Whenever we go out to eat, I have no choice but to put pieces of food right on the table because my year-old son is known to send his plates sailing without so much as a...
by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes
I considered making my own baby food for a total of five minutes. I had a challenging infant and I desperately cut down on chores; however as a conscientious (albeit tired) new mom, I didn’t want to give up on good, nutritious food either. Too bad I didn’t...
by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes
I am convinced that the only way to get kids to stop throwing their forks and spoons on the floor isn’t to improve the food, but to improve the forks and spoons. The stainless steel Sea Set of utensils at Ginger+Scallion may be just the ticket. The spoon is a...
by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes
I love celebrity chefs, but recently I discovered (the hard way) that some of the bold-faced Food Network names out there write books which are more self-promotional vehicles than useful kitchen resources. And then there’s Emeril Lagasse who, besides having...
by Liz Gumbinner | Food + Recipes
I am burdened with quite a few “people who have everything” on my holiday list each year. Fortunately, as I discovered a few years ago, no one can have enough Richart chocolate. These are no mall store truffles, I swear. Parisian chocolatier...
by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes
While it’s not indicated on our calendars, every parent knows that candy season starts just before Halloween, progresses through chocolate turkeys on Thanksgiving, peaks gloriously on Christmas day, and then trickles to a close with nervous dental visits in...