Troubleshooting Purees: My Hunt for the Best Baby Food Maker
It was 1:14 AM and I was holding a tactical flashlight to the water reservoir of a $150 baby appliance. I had my phone camera zoomed in to 3x magnification, trying to verify if the cluster of black specks inside...
A Dad's Guide to Oven Baked Baby Back Ribs for BLW Beginners
I'm currently staring at a massive slab of raw pork on my kitchen counter while managing three very different, very aggressive text threads. My mother is suggesting I boil the meat until it turns into a gray, flavorless paste and...
Why My First Smashed Baby Potatoes Were a Complete Disaster
I was literally chiseling carbonized potato skins off my one good baking sheet with a butter knife when I realized the internet had completely lied to me again. It was 2019, my oldest son Beau was about eight months old,...
Naptime Savior: The Only Baby Back Ribs Recipe Oven Guide You Need
It's exactly 1:14 PM on a random Tuesday, and I'm standing in the middle of my kitchen holding a massive rack of raw pork. I'm wearing the gray sweatpants with the mysterious bleach stain on the left thigh, I haven't...
Dear Sarah: What I Wish I Knew Earlier About Bibs for Adults
Dear Sarah from last November, You're currently sitting at your mother-in-law's dining room table. It's exactly 3:14 PM on a Tuesday, and you're wearing those grey Target sweatpants that have a mysterious bleach stain on the left knee from when...
Navigating Spare Ribs vs Baby Back Ribs With An 11-Month-Old
I was halfway through a surprisingly decent potato salad at my buddy Daveβs backyard cookout in Southeast Portland when I looked over and saw him handing my 11-month-old daughter a massive, sauce-drenched pork rib. My brain basically threw a fatal...
When Can Babies Eat Solid Food Without Ruining My Life
It was 3:14 AM on a Tuesday, and I was sitting in the dark nursery wearing a nursing tank that smelled strongly of sour milk and desperation. Leo, my oldest, was four months old and currently latched onto me like...
Is That Tiny Baby Nutribullet Actually Worth Your Counter Space?
I was standing in my kitchen staring at a raw sweet potato like it had personally offended me, completely paralyzed by the sheer volume of conflicting advice Iβd received in the last forty-eight hours. My mother-in-law had just been leaning...
The Butternut Squash Disaster and Finding Decent Adult Bibs
It's 6:14 PM on a Thursday. My kitchen smells like roasted garlic and sheer desperation. I'm wearing a gray hoodie with a mystery stain on the sleeve that I'm just telling everyone is toothpaste but it's definitely yogurt from two...