Recipes, Methods and Chef Guides

Newborns sleep 14 to 17 hours a day, in two and three hour pieces — which turns dinner into a window you do not control. This is what new parents actually eat in the first few weeks: our own menu run through a one-handed test with real reheat times, and protein and sodium read off each pack's own panel. Plus the three honest ways to help if you are the one standing at the front door wondering what to bring, and one gift card that quietly adds $10 to itself.

Three ways to send chef-made food as a gift — the freezer box, a build-your-own selection, or a gift card — and which one suits new parents, elderly parents and thank-yous.