How We Live: Top Chef

Family: The Hackneys
Location: Boston, MA
Children: Annabelle, 18 months old

As the Chef de Cuisine at one of Boston’s top restaurants (L'Espalier, pictured above), James Hackney has a lot on his plate. When daughter Annabelle was born, wife Alicia left her high-powered finance job for a more flexible one at a private lending company. Babble visited the Hackneys’ cozy home in Boston, where they showed us just how delicious parenting can be.

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  SuperBib, $7.95 Bumpkins
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  Harmony Highchair, $79 Graco
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  Interlocking Foam Puzzle Mats, $29.95 One Step Ahead
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  How to Build a Snowman, $9.99 Scholastic Inc. and Joy Moon

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  NUK® Pacifier, $2.99 Gerber
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  Pastel Butterfly Mobile, $49 Pottery Barn Kids
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  Peek-A-Boo Piano, $32.99 Fisher-Price
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  Catalina Magazine Rack, $119.99 Pottery Barn Kids

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  Michael Graves Kettle, $159 Alessi
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  Floor Lamp Base, $55 Babies R Us
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  Peek-a-Baby: A Lift-the-Flap Book, $6.99 Karen Katz
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  Programmable Coffeemaker, $99.95 Cuisinart

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  Solid Anywhere Chair, $29 - $70 Pottery Barn Kids
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  Pink wicker hampers, $79 - $159 1800flowers.com
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  Fairytale News, $9.20 Colin and Jacqui Hawkins
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  Infused Anodized 12" Fry Pan, $150 Calphalon