It's all about moms (for once!) on Mother's Day, Sunday, May 10. So make her day special with Mother's Day flowers.
Teleflora's Daisy Colander Bouquet will brighten up a kitchen counter after the flowers are gone.
Teleflora has launched a fun shopping guide to help you buy flowers for Mother's Day. The kinds of moms include Classic Moms, Super Moms, Stylish Moms, Down-to-Earth Moms, Gourmet Moms, Modern Moms and of course Grandmothers. We know not everyone fits easily into a category, but it's nice to have a little guidance when choosing which flowers best reflect her personality.
In conjunction with launching the guide, I'm profiling real-life moms, who also run blogs, and talking to them about motherhood. Get to know them, visit their blogs and if you know an amazing mom, drop me a line and tell me about her.
Today, I'm talking to Gourmet Mom Anne-Marie Nichols. Anne-Marie is a blogger and social media consultant. She runs The Write Spot Blog Network, which includes: http://www.amamasrant.com/, http://www.myreadablefeast.com/, http://www.thismamacooks.com/, http://www.thismamacooks.net/.
Five Minutes with a Gourmet Mom
Q What surprised you most about being a mom?
A The range of emotions I go through in a single day. There are times when I’m so frustrated with my kids or the situations they put me in like when they’re sick or when they’re being naughty. Then moments later, they make me laugh and I look into their eyes and realize how happy I am that they are here on Earth and part of my life.
Q Tell me a lesson your child taught you.
A If you can make people laugh even when you’re doing something very bad, you can get away with it. Sticking French fries up your nose isn’t socially acceptable and hardly good manners. But boy is it hilarious.
Q Who are your cooking/gourmet idols or role models?
A First, there’s Julia Child and James Beard for inspiring my mom to be such a wonderful cook who made everything from cherries flambé to escargot in the shells. Then there’s my dad for refusing to ever eat a bad meal after serving as a private in the Army in World War II. There is nothing my father liked better than good food prepared well, and for a skinny man, boy did he eat!
Both my parents exposed my sister and me to all kinds of foods and amazing meals both at home and in restaurants. And they appreciated ethnic food from their own backgrounds – Jewish, French, and Greek – as well as food from other cultures. My husband and I continue this tradition with our children and go out for dim sum, pho noodles, Greek food, tapas and American classics like barbecue and pub grub.
Q What’s your No. 1 piece of advice for cooking with kids?
A Don’t look when they’re using sharp knives. They are not going to cut off their fingers, and staring at them cutting things will only freak you out.
Q What would you do with an extra half-hour of spare time?
A Read a book for pleasure, not work. I love historic fiction, but adore culinary memoirs – a cookbook and a novel all in one!
