While you will never ever find me homebrewing anytime soon, a machine that turns fruit into craft cider in your very own kitchen is something I can totally get behind. The ALCHEMA makes craft cider out of fruit as easily as making a pot …
For those of us who need a caffeine fix in the morning, but can't bear the heat any longer, iced coffee is the only way to go. But at this point in the summer, we're looking for something more than just coffee + milk + ice cubes. So we'v…
For coffee lovers—and, really, for almost everyone—dropping $5 on a speciality coffee or tea drink is a not-so-unusual occurrence. Maybe even an everyday occurrence. But if you're like me and these little indulgences start to put a strai…
I love planning parties and there's no better reason to celebrate than a new baby, right? But while I can easily get tempted to go over-the-top and throw a Pinterest-worthy soiree, reality usually hits hard and I find myself scrambling a…
I haven't always been a hardcore Star Wars fan but, like my children, I've recently become a serious Star Wars geek. Maybe it's watching the old movies again with them—and seeing how magical they still are for them—or maybe it's that I l…
You know us: The only thing that we love more than food is a great homemade gift. Put the two together and you get a homemade food gift that is made with the hands, comes from the heart, and fills the belly. There is no better combinatio…
If you ask us at Cool Mom HQ, a fairy birthday party should be full of sprinkles, color, glitter, sugar and, most of all, enchanted fun. If there's ever a time to go all out with your crafty kitchen skills, it's for a fairy-themed affair…
There really is nothing sweeter than giving and receiving handmade valentines, but a lot of what I see online (holy Pinterest) is way too involved for me. The realities of parenting two little kids and, okay , the fact that I'm not parti…
More and more we're hearing that sugary snacks are no longer allowed in the classroom to celebrate birthdays: healthy snacks only, please . This happened at my niece and nephew's school and they were crestfallen, thinking they'd be releg…
Several years ago, the internet went crazy for DIY frozen yogurt dots. At the time, I had a littler one who didn't yet beg for Fanta (what can I say, he's only had soda on vacation abroad) and was happy—thrilled, really—to munch on healt…
I'm not typically one for food holidays, but a few get me. I just can't be a scrooge about World Nutella Day , National Donut Day or, today, National Ice Cream Day . It would be wrong, especially given the trend of businesses giving away…