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Cakes That Truly Take the Cake

Open Matthew Mead’s new Cakes for Kids cookbook and you’ll experience a combination of awe and complete intimidation. It’s as if my inner competimommy is saying Yes! We can make this! while my inner Peggy Bundy is like Are you freaking kidding me?35...

The Reluctant Joy of Cooking

by Cool Mom Staff | Food + Recipes

Despite my usual aversion to cutesy names, I have to concede that Domenica Catelli’s Mom-a-licious cookbook delivers deliciously on what its subtitle claims: Fresh, fast, family food. And what family doesn’t want fresh, fast food? The pictures are...

A Cookbook For Moms, By Moms, So You Know There’s No Twinkie Casseroles in There

by Cool Mom Staff | Food + Recipes

Last year’s Cookbook for Moms from our friends at MothersClick was such a resounding success, they did it again. The second volume includes more than 40 new recipes from more than 40 new contributors, all created and voted on by moms like us. Or at least moms...

Of Cupcakes, Lactose, and World Domination

by Cool Mom Staff | Food + Recipes

The first time I gave my daughter some yogurt, she projectile vomited all over the seat of our brand-new car. One of my first thoughts after learning about her allergy to milk was, “no double cheese pizza, chocolate chip ice cream, donuts, lasagna,...

You’ll Eat It And You’ll Like It

by Cool Mom Staff | Food + Recipes

If I told you a celebrity’s wife had yet another cookbook out, you’d roll your eyes, right? I admit I did when I heard that Jessica Seinfeld had just published Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food. But, damn her,...

Cooking with the Bambinos

by Cool Mom Staff | Food + Recipes

I’m not a cooking enthusiastic, but I do want to encourage my daughter to learn life skills. In other words, I hope she can expand her food prep repertoire beyond instant mac-and-cheese before she heads off to college. Unlike, ahem, her mother. The Handstand...

Whatcha Got Cooking?

by Cool Mom Staff | 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...

Cooking When Cooking’s the Last Thing You Want to Do

by Cool Mom Staff | 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...

What Good is Having Kids If They Can’t Do The Cooking?

by Cool Mom Staff | 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...

Oh The Things That You Will Cook

by Cool Mom Staff | Food + Recipes

It’s not often I find a cookbook that actually motivates me to cook something. Make that never. But the newGreen Eggs and HamCookbook by Georgeanne Brennan (and Dr. Seuss) certainly did the trick. Inspired by the wonderfully creative Dr. Seuss books, this...