Top Chef Just Deserts recap
For Top Chef Just Deserts fans this video is for you. Here from Mark Peel what was really going on on the episode “Cocktails with a Twist” It was an episode with lots of drama courtesy of Seth. If you...
View ArticleMontana time
This summer never really got off the ground for me. It started off okay, taking Vivien to summer school and such. It was an odd summer weather wise as it was pretty cool most of the time. Coolest one...
View ArticleReality Show
If you have watched enough reality shows — and honestly, haven’t we all? — you find that the common denominator for all of them is creating conflict where there is none. Or making a mountain out of a...
View ArticleMoving, yes, again
This is the third time in the three years of doing cool mom that I tell you about my move. This is much happier than the last move though. We have been looking for a long time. I have spent …...
View ArticleTrading Places
I look so different in this vid … um, well, it’s not me. This one features Mark. He wanted to see what it would be like to be a “cool mom”. He can also be found at @chefmarkpeel and...
View ArticleYou tube playlist: getting kids to cook
Hey, here is a new job I have Curater of Content! As part of Momversation I was asked to start putting together some of my favorite you tube vids. This one is geared towards getting your kids to...
View ArticleTeaching Kids About the Farmers Market
Hey, I posted this vid via a blog post awhile back; it was connected to a deal with Hillshire Farms. I felt it was good enough to tweak and run here as a feature. (Sidebar: we do buy Hillshire Farms …...
View ArticleCooking with Coolmom & kids: oatmeal
Cooking with young children is not a quick job, but they love to help. Nothing fancy, not giving my husband a run for his money. Just like to get the offspring involved in food preparation. The hope...
View ArticleDiner home cooking and Roy Choi, Mark Peel Mashup
I get asked a lot “why do you ever cook? Your husband must do all the cooking.” My standard answer is “if I am at his restaurant he does.” Even when Mark is home at night ( at most two … Continue...
View ArticleWhat a week
Oscars, a death, a stomach bug, a big food event. This has been the last few days. Sunday morning I was at cheap hair salon in a rundown mini mall getting a blow out in preparation for Oscar night. I...
View ArticleWe are closed
Saturday night we closed The Tar Pit. The restaurant we (largely) own. Long story short, the landlady wants to raise the rent, we thought it should be less as the lease was negotiated pre recession....
View ArticleMy best burger
Just in time for 4th of July and summertime, my contribution to the burger wars. Yeah, I’m back from Holland. I will post about that once I get over my jet lag, but in a nutshell, great trip and Rex...
View ArticleChick-a-wrong-side-of-history
Here is my take on the Chick-a-fil-a CEO’s anti gay marriage stance. Left or right when there is a dust up in the media like the Chick-fil-a controversy I usually tune it out. Blah, blah. But,...
View ArticleCampanile is closing
I’m still so upset, I can’t even write about it now, so I’m going to link to this to explain and try to find the words when I can. 50 people are going to lose their jobs. Including Garrison, …...
View ArticleCampanile is closing: Roller coaster
I have felt like a jet pilot having to keep focus on the task at hand as missles are coming at me. Steady. I had to get some work that was on deadline as my sister Carole called, “Is it … Continue...
View ArticleFine Dining Tramp
The announcement of Mark’s iconic LA restaurant, Campanile, closing has met with many stunned expressions. Regular folk commenting on their Facebook page or in person how sad they are, how much they...
View Articleit’s getting real
We are now 36 hours from the close of Campanile. It’s been a month long wake. Great to see people, lots of drinking, yet tinge of sadness. It’s hard to write about as I’m going through. I did...
View ArticleWorking from home ( crock of s–t)
I’m EXHAUSTED from the month long wake and I’ll tell you about the last night of Campanile, but now I need a laugh. Ironically, the latest episode from my collaboration with Cafe Mom Studios is about...
View Articlehow to talk with your teenager
Another exciting episode of my — I think– funny web series I did with Cafemom studios. This one is features my dear stepson Oliver. He is not an actor by nature, but he was a good sport– and I paid …...
View ArticleFiscal Cliff that is not
I have been thinking this, but didn’t take fingers to keyboard to hammer this out. Fortunately, one of my favorite bloggers did. Pundit Mom, Joanne Bamberger wrote THIS (click the “this”) great piece...
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