I’m looking forward tremendously to becoming a father, but I’ll admit I also feel a little trepidation, especially for the first weeks. I’ve heard the stories of a lack of sleep, and I’d not enjoy giving up the pretty healthy eating that we do now — cooking a lot at home.

So I was interested right away in this book, about a cooking-loving writer for the New York Times who became a father of a little girl and saw his life turned upside down.

The book is beautifully written, and I enjoyed reading it. I believe that my cooking is more down-to-earth than the author’s pre-baby culinary baseline so in that sense the transition will be less stark, but it was great to get some insight in how life changes with a newborn.

The book also includes several recipes. I enjoyed the articles about the family’s first year together, and I would have preferred to read about that and fewer recipes. Still, I’d like to make the ‘Family-Style Roasted Cauliflower with Roasted Garlic Vinaigrette’.