by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes
It is nearly impossible these days to grab a simple ice cream cone that doesn’t contain a whole lab’s worth of multi-syllabic ingredients. So when I got wind of Haagen-Dazs five, just in time for the beginning of Ice Cream Season ’09, I was...
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–...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
