A BOY AND HIS CULINARY EDUCATION

so maybe it's because todd and i just finished reading a slew of books about food and cooking (kitchen confidential, heat, the making of a chef), or maybe it's because my parents are in town and we all feel like celebrating, or maybe it's simply because parents of toddlers tell parents of newborns to go out to eat while you can. either way, we have been venturing out to a lot of restaurants lately. really good ones too, like paley's place, nostrana, il piatto, caffe mingo, petite provence, lorenzo's, and toro bravo. and at each one, huckleberry has been a real champ, burrowing his head in the crook of our arms and falling asleep. so we're definitely trying to enjoy it while it lasts.