by Stacie Billis | Food + Recipes
With Halloween behind us and Thanksgiving–and Hanukkah!–right around the corner, it’s time to start collecting culinary inspiration for your perfect holiday menu. There are, of course, tons of recipes online, but it’s tricky to know which...
by Stacie Billis | Food + Recipes
The heat of summer is on, so I’m turning the heat of my oven off. I’m bidding a temporary farewell to cookies, cakes and brownies until the weather cools down, but fear not, there’s plenty of dessert to be had with these 5 no-bake, all-time-great...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Party Ideas
It’s May the Fourth, Star Wars fans. Get it? May the Fourth…be with you. So party hard, we must with these recommendations for the coolest items and tips for throwing a great Star Wars themed party for the kids. Or…not the kids? One of the great...
by Christina Refford | DIY, Easter Gifts
Every year at this time, I get lured into buying way-too-many packages of those brightly colored Easter Peeps. And though I have no problem consuming sugar, even I can only eat a few of them before I get the jitters. So, I’ve pulled together some...
by Stacie Billis | Easter Gifts, Food + Recipes
After the excitement of hunting for eggs and the Easter bunny die down, it’s time for Easter dinner. And then, finally, my favorite part of the day: dessert. As in, Easter cakes. There’s just something so sweet about ending the holiday festivities with a...
by Stacie Billis | Food + Recipes, Valentine's Day
Red may be the official hue of Valentine’s Day, but you don’t have to give red roses or wear a splash of red to get in the official Valentine’s Day spirit. You can also whip up something red. Red velvet, to be exact. Using a simple red velvet batter...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Food + Recipes
Confession: I once baked a birthday cake so ugly my daughter cried. I’m not kidding. So for those of you without culinary arts degrees, here’s one way to make the birthday kid feel special and ensure that her cake will be exactly what she wants. With a...
by Stacie Billis | Food + Recipes
If you have your cake and eat it too, what are you left with? A whole lot of pretty is what, so long as you own a fab cake stand.You bakers may already have cake stands, but we promise that thse picks are worthy of a spot (or two!) in your collection. You don’t...
by Stacie Billis | Food + Recipes
Cake pop mania is going strong! Cute cake on a stick. Yes, please. Made popular by baking genius Bakerella, cake pops are now everywhere, from every food blog (I dare you to find one without a cake pop post) to Starbucks. When cake pops look so pretty, who can resist?...
by Stacie Billis | Food + Recipes
We are so excited to welcome Stacie of One Hungry Mama to the Cool Mom Picks team! We’ve admired her common sense, approachable, clever posts about food and cooking for ages now. This is the first of her weekly niblets of food-related coolness every...