by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes
If you are not familiar with HoneyBells, you are not familiar with the sweetest, most delectable, lipsmackingly awesome nectar of the gods. Or as my kids call it, good orange juice. (Silly kids.) Each year, my dad has sent us a shipment of these amazingly sweet...
by Liz Gumbinner | Food + Recipes
I have a hardcore crush on Nutella. Although I must admit, I think their ads that tell you to serve it to your kid as a breakfast food are a little hard to swallow–like my kids need more help eating waffles? Even so, the combo of chocolate and hazelnut is...
by Molly | Food + Recipes
As much as I like to tap into my inner Martha Stewart during the holiday season, this year there just isn’t enough time to crochet snowflake ornaments, whip up petit fours wrapped in fondant, and glue-gun wreaths made of pinecones and milkweed. (Okay, I’ve...
by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes
Okay, so we sometimes make fun of mugs as gifts around here. But only because when most people think of mug gifts, they think of some awful “world’s greatest____” thing in comic sans that was nabbed off the bargain shelf at the last minute.The truth...
by Stephanie Mayers | Baby, Food + Recipes
Baby’s first anything can be difficult to shop for and baby’s first Hanukkah doubly so. So if you are looking for something different and special for the little bundle I suggest you check out Judaica pioneer Emily Rosenfeld. I have personally been gifting...
by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes
My kids are grazers; they’d sooner eat a whole bunch of little things than one giant sandwich. Bento systems have always been a smart option for us, as you can imagine. Now there’s a smart new one courtesy of Skip*Hop, the little mom-run company that seems...
by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes
This is the time of year I start keeping some gourmet goodies in the pantry for unexpected holiday guests, or impromptu cocktail parties that spring from Wii tournaments on snowy Sundays. And ooh, I have a new favorite. I discovered a sample of Coconut Chili...
by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes
I was so glad to learn last year from all of you that I’m not alone in my obsession with Biscoff cookies. You know, the ones you secretly hoard from the plane. So when I heard that they’ve now got a spread that’s made from the cookies, hello! I just...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Food + Recipes
I’m back in town from a delicious jaunt to the Rogue Valley in southern Oregon, and I’ve got all the dirt on one of my favorite holiday gift companies, Harry & David. (You know, the pear people. With all the catalogs?) So here’s my confession: I...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Food + Recipes
What do you get when you combine a kindhearted elephant, some hard-working mice, and the Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator of Click Clack Moo?A sweet little treat that’s fun to eat… I mean, read. The Little Bitty Bakery by Leslie Muir and Betsy Lewin is...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Food + Recipes
Forget the plastic–we’ve found a shiny little metal school bus that’s ready to rock the five food groups– and keep them separated, too. The Din Din Smart Stainless Steel Bus Platter is non-toxic, lead-free, and it’s heavy-duty, too; we...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Food + Recipes
I’m sure most kids would agree–wouldn’t life be more fun if you were sitting on an elephant? I’ll go with yes. That’s why we’re going ape for this adorable Children’s Menagerie table and chair set from our friends...
