by Christina Refford | Nov 11, 2020 | Shopping Finds, Thanksgiving
For the first time in my adult life, I will be in charge of an entire Thanksgiving dinner for my family of five thanks to COVID-19 restrictions on indoor gatherings. That means that instead of just making a few side dishes and showing up at my sister’s home to...
by Liz Gumbinner | Oct 21, 2020 | Shopping Finds
Are you ready for the best frozen cookie dough? Truly, the absolutely 100% best, better than all the rest (sung Tina Turner style), magical, worth-busting-through-my-WW-points, eyes-roll-back-in-your-head cookie dough? Because, my friends, I have found it. Now when a...
by Christina Refford | Jul 14, 2020 | Shopping Finds
It’s officially barbecue season! Which means that I’ll be hitting my local Trader Joe’s to grab some of their latest summer barbecue picks for all the outdoor meals we will be having. Because it’s just too darned hot to turn on the oven, and...
by Christina Refford | Jun 9, 2020 | Gift Guides, Shopping Finds
The team at Cool Mom Picks has always dedicated ourselves to amplifying small businesses of all kinds, and to showcase diversity in the brands, books, advice, and even recipes we feature. But we know that over the past few months, there’s been two great changes...
by Liz Gumbinner | May 28, 2020 | Shopping Finds
At a time we’re all looking for just tiny glimmers of joy and good news in our days, here comes some. At least if your’e a fan of Necco Wafers. It seems…Necco Wafers are back! For real. After two long years away. They’re basically the same as...
by Kate Etue | May 19, 2020 | Shopping Finds
I was in my kitchen last night, cooking the seventeen millionth dinner of this quarantine (actual number), and it hit me: I could really use a fresh apron. What with all this bread baking and cookie decorating and did I mention bread making? I realized that mine is...