If you're like me, you're always racing to beat the use-by date on your dairy, produce, and snacks, especially if your meal plan gets thrown off by impromptu pizza nights or unexpected cravings for mac and cheese (if you can ever call a …
Le Creuset makes some of our favorite kitchen gear. The classic collection of enamel-lined cast iron cookware not only performs at the highest level -- browning perfectly, maintaining the perfect simmer, moving seamlessly from cooktop to…
We thought we'd kick off the Cool Mom Eats holiday gift guide this year with a bang, and offer up some truly unique gifts for cooks who have it all. We're talking splurgey, unusual, totally covetable gifts and kitchen gadgets that help m…
Sometimes people assume that because cooking is a part of my work, I must love everything about being in the kitchen. Unfortunately, that's not true. While I do love cooking and often find it relaxing, sometimes it can feel like a chore.…
Toast lovers, we have found the most entertaining kitchen gadget ever: the Toasteroid . This app-controlled smart toaster will toast custom messages onto your breakfast for you, all controlled by your phone. Superhero stencils. Emoji tem…
Just when you thought you couldn't be more obsessed with crock-pots and instant pots and Neti pots (oh wait), well, now there are mini crock-pots which allow you to take your warm food with you and heat it, slowly, during the day. Isn't …
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 …
Kitchen space, especially counter space, is a precious commodity in my small-ish kitchen, so in order for a gadget to earn a piece of prime real estate, it really has to earn its keep. Stand mixer? A shoo-in. Cast-iron skillet? Worth its…
There are few disappointments in life like returning to a gallon of ice cream for a late-night, kid-free splurge and discovering that what was once blissfully smooth and creamy is now spiked with ice crystals, far less flavorful, and als…
Now that my kids are six- and nine-years-old, I've finally gotten rid of all our little kid tableware. While I was sad to see the faded Elmo melamine plates and construction vehicle flatware go, my boys were happy to know that they've fi…
The holiday season is in full swing and our friends have been throwing some seriously good parties that have made us feel welcome and festive. And full! We've already eaten way too much because the food is so, so good—and there is more t…
Ever notice that the people who are really into something are always the hardest to buy for? You know exactly what they want—but they usually already have it. Ah, fanatics. If you ask us, the best way deal with these folks is to grab som…
I was so smitten with the clever Little Me personalized plates for kids when we featured them a few months ago. Talk about fabulous gift idea for kids! But now, she's added these new Motors sets that I'm loving too. The new Trains and Dr…
You know that we love food and drink, and we are also suckers for great graphic design. It'll come as no surprise, then, that we have fallen for the kitchen poster art, tea towels, and stationary by Crispin Finn that combine both in fab …
I didn’t own a cake stand for the longest time because I thought that they were all frilly and, I don’t know, Victorian in a way that doesn’t fit my aesthetic. They were pretty, but not for me. Then I found a cake stand that changed ever…