Play with your food. Go ahead. Make a banana truck, pancake guitar, pineapple boat, or cereal face. Artfully silly food takes on new appeal thanks to a man who has plenty of experience making creative meals. Bill Wurtzel, an art director and jazz musician, has made amusing breakfast for 50 years to serve his wife […]
Continue ReadingA few of you have been asking in our previous Skylanders posts for ideas on what to do for a Skylanders birthday party. Couple that with the fact that I’m planning a party for my soon-to-be-seven Skylanders fanatic, and my tech gears have been turning. Here are some of my ideas and I invite you […]
Continue ReadingDon’t ever let yourself think that being a grownup means you can’t have an awesome birthday cake. You don’t have to go all out and have a themed birthday party to enjoy it, although I had one friend this year who threw herself a Firefly birthday party complete with costumed guests. How fun is that? […]
Continue ReadingThrowing a first birthday party is usually a festive affair, filled with balloons and cake and presents. When our first son turned one we centered the whole party around his favorite stuffed animal, a Paul Frank Monkey. We knew we wanted to do something different for our second son’s first birthday party, something that even […]
Continue ReadingWhat’s better than birthday cake? Zombie birthday cake, obviously. I have few domestic talents, but this is a cake that even the most clueless chef can tackle with ease. Mistakes? No such thing. This zombie rises up out of a grave of chocolate cake, frosting, and crumbled cookies. What you need: foil cardboard box Oreo […]
Continue ReadingLast September was my son’s second birthday party. Unlike with his first, I spent a long time considering what theme to go with; at two he was certainly old enough to have an interest in his own things, but not yet old enough to choose his own party theme. I eventually picked a pirate […]
Continue ReadingI know, I know! Time runs away with you when you park your six kids with your parents and skip town for a comics convention and then come home and there’s all kinds of laundry to do, and suddenly a week has passed since you wrote your WonderCon Highlights Part 1 post and if you […]
Continue ReadingWinter is coming. Okay, it’ s not, but the season premier of Game of Thrones on HBO is coming this Sunday night. Fans have been eagerly awaiting the return of the Lannisters and Starks since the first season finished up last year so there will be plenty of viewing parties this Sunday. But what to […]
Continue ReadingI think more than a few people would answer the question “What are you doing this weekend?” with “Going to see The Hunger Games!” followed by some happy flailing and possibly a dance. The movie everyone has been waiting for is finally here and tickets are selling out fast. But once you’ve seen the movie, how […]
Continue ReadingLet your little ones find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow with this easy Saint Patrick’s Day themed Bento Lunch. I used half a hard-boiled egg to be the pot of gold. If you’re feeling especially ambitious you can use black food coloring or nori (dried seaweed) to make the “pot” […]
Continue ReadingMarch 14 — or 3.14 — is Pi Day! And this year, it’s also Pie It Forward Day, in honor of the new book of pie recipes by master baker Gesine Bullock-Prado. GeekMom sponsor Abrams gave us a chance to look at the lusciously-photo-illustrated Pie It Forward and talk to her about how to step […]
Continue ReadingGeekMom Nicole Wakelin talks with author Tovar Cerulli about his new book The Mindful Carnivore: A Vegetarian’s Hunt for Sustenance and his journey from vegetarian to vegan to hunter. He discusses how his decisions changed as he came to understand more about how food really gets to our table. Tovar also talks about how we can […]
Continue ReadingWhen mixing flour, egg, salt and water to make pasta, I’d guess the only math you consider is how many minutes you have left before the kids will be begging for dinner. I’d guess that you never really contemplated the mathematical beauty of that rigatoni or cavatappi that you are eating. Thats not the way […]
Continue ReadingCupcakes are hard to resist. Those tasty bits of cake with frosting and colorful little sprinkles on top seem to beckon with their cheery, sweet goodness. As a Mom, I almost always have them on my to do list for a party or a bake sale. Sometimes I bake the quickest thing I can manage, but it’s […]
Continue ReadingIt’s sort of a universally accepted fact that bacon is one of the best foods known to mankind. No other food garners quite the same level of fanatic devotion and adoration. As a result, it’s been incorporated into all sorts of recipes in an effort to create the ultimate bacon experience. I am guilty of adding […]
Continue ReadingValentine’s Day makes for easy material for cute themed and bento lunches. Here are a few quick and easy ideas that I’ve made for my own daughter using things we have on hand. The absolute easiest idea is to simply use a heart cookie-cutter or cut out a heart with a knife. For […]
Continue ReadingMaking beer is a lot like making tea. Except when you’re finished making tea, you drink the tea and throw out the leaves. When you’re finished with the first step of making beer, you put the brew in a giant bucket and throw away a massive glob of wet grains. Or do you? It’s a […]
Continue ReadingAfter a long winter’s day, ever wish you could just cozy up in the Burrow and have Molly Weasley whip you up a little roast chicken with mashed potatoes? Or feast in the Great Hall on some lamb chops? Now you can… with a bit of Muggle work. When I was sent The Unofficial Harry […]
Continue ReadingHere is a great and easy way to decorate Oreo cookies to give as gifts. I originally saw the idea at the decorated cookie, a blog that has tons of great ideas and lots of good recipes and advice. What initially caught my eye was a post where white Oreos had been decorated with snowflakes […]
Continue ReadingChristmas has always been one of my favorite holidays. My mom loved Christmas so it was always a big deal growing up in my house. My love for the holiday waned some after my mom passed away, but it was starting to be wonderful again after becoming a mom myself. Last Christmas was the worst […]
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