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What’s for Dinner?

Toddler Harbat has been growing up in our kitchen.  She took her first steps there, and quickly learned where the bread was sliced. I’ve always tried to include her in food preparation, and her recent Christmas present shows where her

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Biking Isn’t Riding

Toddler Harbat is confused.  When I suggest we take her tricycle out, she probably envisions sitting in a recliner while the scenery blurs past, preferably with a chocolate milk in one hand and a pony with long Technicolor hair riding

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Bread and Horses

We had a lot of both this weekend.  The great ciabatta bake day was a pretty simple affair.  No-knead ciabatta is mostly about leaving dough in a bowl to bubble on its own—it’s the perfect lazy man’s bread.  So bake

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On Children and Animals

If you ever doubt that humans have an inborn sense of compassion, watch a toddler with an animal.  Little kids are inherently curious about animals and I argue that any fear of critters comes from adults and those around them. 

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I am Old

There are times in your life when you look up from your work and think, “Something’s changed.”  This week my wife and I celebrated our eighth wedding anniversary.  Earlier this month I ran into someone I want to undergrad with

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