by Betsy | Food + Recipes
What mom doesn’t love getting cards on the most important holiday of the year? Of course I’m talking about May 8th, (that’s Mother’s Day honey, in case you forgot). And while I’ve loved every glitter-laden handmade card I’ve ever...
by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes
Back when my oldest was a little baby, I remember a frantic phone call from my mom reminding me not to give the baby honey. Little did she know that I’d already been warned oh, four hundred times by all of my pregnancy and new mom books. But recently I was...
by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes
With the weather getting warmer, the big treat around our house is popsicles. Sometimes we make our own and other times, I’ll splurge on the fruit juice-only ones from our supermarket, even though I know they’re loaded with sugar. But now I’ve found...
by Stephanie Slate | Food + Recipes
I don’t care if Toronto hasn’t quite gotten the spring memo yet– I’m already dreaming about park visits and picnic lunches. And when I spotted this adorable insulated picnic lunch bag at ModCloth, I fell in love. And I knew right away that I...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Food + Recipes
For over 2000 years at least, civilizations rose and fell, wars were won and lost– all for tea. And now, it’s a just another rack of brightly colored, shrink-wrapped boxes at the supermarket. That’s a damn shame. But Damn Fine Tea is trying to bring...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Food + Recipes
There is no joy like a frozen hollow chocolate rabbit. All year, I long for crisp milk chocolate that crumbles in with every bite. But have you ever wondered why they’re hollow? Have you ever wondered what happened to their… BRAAAAAAAIIIIIIINS?We did. And...
by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes
It only took one episode of Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution to suck me in for the entire season, and it wasn’t just his cute face and adorable accent. The chef-crusader’s passion for making real changes in the eating habits of our kids is compelling....
by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes
For my entire life, dairy and I have had a love/hate relationship. Currently we’re in hate mode. Well, at least my stomach is. And the same goes for a couple of my kids. But I’m also a bit of a sweets addict, which makes binges a little challenging....
by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Food + Recipes
Now that spring is here, a kid’s (and uh, a mom’s) fancy turns to ice cream–arguably our favorite of all the food groups. We consider ourselves ice cream connoisseurs around here, but I have to say, I was surprised to try a brand new ice cream made...
by Delilah S. Dawson | DIY, Food + Recipes
Guess what, mamas? It’s American Chocolate Week! Or at least the end of it. The way we see it, you just have to suck it up and do your patriotic duty by gorging on chocolate, right?If you love chocolate as much as we do, here are some of our favorite picks from...
by Barbara | Food + Recipes
I am tired of grabbing a quick, on-the-go “power” bar for my kids (and for me), only to find yet again that we’re just eating a glorified candy bar. When I choose to put candy in my kids’ lunch, I want it to be mindfully (yay! candy!), and when...
