by Christina Refford | Party Ideas
The Minions are coming! The Minions are coming! Today’s premiere of the aptly titled Minions movie is bound to turn even more kids into fans of those yellow goofballs, meaning you may find yourself planning a Minion-themed birthday party for your own little...
by Liz Gumbinner | Food + Recipes
While I am totally enamoured of Stacie’s picks for Father’s Day gourmet gifts for the foodie dad on Cool Mom Eats (consider if you can handle clicking over on an empty stomach) there’s one more I wish had made the list: Our friends at Mantry, makers...
by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes
Today, as we run on fumes, excitement, and lots of extra-dark roast espresso, we are so happy to introduce the launch of Cool Mom Eats, our all new food channel. You have all been so responsive when it comes to our growing roster of food posts over the past months and...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
We’re so happy to be back with our third #UnguiltyPleasures video episode! (Can you tell we’re having fun?) This time we’re talking about food. More specifically, the foods we love — but maybe we’re not supposed to love quite as much as...
by Kate Etue | Food + Recipes
My favorite part of any holiday is the food, and Mother’s Day is no exception. What I want most this year is to sit around the table with family eating and laughing. One of my new favorite ways to make everybody happy, including me, the cook, is to set up one of...
by Kate Etue | Food + Recipes
It’s May (eep!) and the school year is almost over. Even though my kids’ teachers deserve my thanks every day, I especially want to make them feel loved on Teacher Appreciation Day which is May 5, by the way. I always say that the best gifts are the ones...
by Stacie Billis | Food + Recipes
Mother’s Day is coming up and this hungry mama can’t think of a better way to mark the occasion than with fantastic edible Mother’s Day gift ideas. I’ve rounded up 8 amazingly tasty finds from some of our favorite gourmet and artisanal...
by Stacie Billis | Food + Recipes
As soon as spring hits, I immediately try to switch food gears by ditching all that stick-to-your-ribs winter fare in favor of super light meals instead. It’s a good impulse, but sudden changes like these rarely last more than a week for me. Know what I mean? After...
by Stacie Billis | Food + Recipes, Helpful Services
Even though I love wine, I find the experience of selecting wine a little overwhelming. I never remember what I love most, can’t seem to buy the same bottle twice (unless, of course, it’s a wine I didn’t enjoy), and always feel like I’m relying on others to figure out...
by Stacie Billis | Food + Recipes
Reducing meat is one of the hardest shifts I’ve ever made in my family’s eating. Even though I’d been a vegetarian through college, I had no idea at the time how to go meatless healthfully. (My youthful diet of pizza, pasta, and more pizza wouldn’t quite cut it for...