Liz Gumbinner

Liz Gumbinner co-founded the Cool Mom Picks network and served as its longtime Editor-in-Chief. You can now find her at her best-selling Substack, I’m Walking Here.

Holiday Cooking, Recipes

These 7 delicious Rosh Hashanah apple recipes give us hope for a sweeter new year.

Happy 5785! Rosh Hashanah begins the night of Wednesday, October 2 this year so you still have a little time…
Meal Planning, Recipes

5 delicious $10 meals for summer that can feed a family of 4 | Meal Plan Ideas

This week’s weekly meal plan recommendations are here, and I’m thinking about $10 meals for summer. While fruit, vegetable, and dairy…
Columns, Shopping Finds

This coffee is kinder on your body, and setting out to make the world a little kinder too.

Back in 2018, our associate editor Kate tried an inexpensive brand of mushroom coffee and wasn’t the biggest fan. Despite…
Recipes

7 spectacular macaroon variations for a big finish at Passover

We’ve explained many times that macarons are not to be confused with macaroons, the latter being a flour-free, gluten-free, generally…
Party!, Recipes

9 extremely cool Valentine cookies for teens, no cutesie stuff

There are so many wonderfully creative and cool Valentine’s Day cookie ideas we’ve featured over the years (we even have…
Gift Guides, Shopping Finds

Sexy Valentine’s gifts for fans of The Bear. Because, yes yes YES chef.

If you’re looking for sexy Valentine’s gifts, fans of The Bear have a whole new realm to explore! I mean…
Party!, Recipes, Tips + Tricks

These non-alcoholic drink ideas are keeping Dry January interesting! Even if you’re not doing Dry January.

Non-alcoholic drink ideas to accompany Dry January (and newer, “Damp January”) articles and hashtags are popping up everywhere I look.…
Gift Guides, Holiday Cooking

The best Hanukkah food gifts… even if you’ve never sent a Hanukkah gift before.

While we share lots of the best Hanukkah food gift ideas and Hanukkah recipes each year, they’re generally for those…
Back to School, Shopping Finds

The best insulated lunch bags for kids of all ages: 7 editor’s picks | Back to School Guide

Having now gone through more than a decade figuring out the best lunch bags for kids, I’ve determined that insulated…
Columns

How to support World Central Kitchen’s lifesaving work in Morocco and around the globe

I always say our readers have the biggest hearts. And so many of us are wondering which are the best…