Daphne Camille Gower — Irasshai!

November 22nd, 2009 Posted in Miscellaneous

Daphne day 3 --625

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We interrupt this regularly scheduled broadcast to bring you the breaking news of the arrival of Ms. Daphne Camille Gower, who parachuted into the world on November 18,  all 3.3 delicious kilograms of her. Her father, a certain breakaway cook, managed to talk the OBGYN into letting him deliver/catch her and place her on the chest of her heroic, epidural-free mother, Ms. Delia van der Plas, to the great delight of everyone present.  Ms. Daphne and her parents, who are getting used to the life without the precious commodity known as sleep, are now home, eating all the food prepared weeks before her arrival.

Her father is resisting, often quite mightily, the urge to drizzle a few drops of pomegranate molasses on her mother’s breasts to give her a direct foretaste of what is to come! He is also being kept wildly busier than he imagined, and is still accepting ideas/submissions for guest posts that can run in this space during these next few weeks. Ms. Daphne will likely make semi-regular appearances here; if you have any bubbly around, perhaps the collective CLINK of the glasses will reach her unbearably cute ears. Ms. Daphne gratefully accepts all well-wishers.

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  1. 29 Responses to “Daphne Camille Gower — Irasshai!”

  2. By robert wemischner on Nov 22, 2009

    Congrats to you Eric and Delia; gorgeous package……enjoy her; it all goes so quickly; it was only yesterday when our two, one a freshman in college at Cornell, and the other a senior at Cal Arts, were that size……champagne glasses up to you both and to the newborn!

  3. By janis@earthlink.net on Nov 23, 2009

    Congrats. A beautiful girl!

  4. By kayo on Nov 23, 2009

    Welcome, Daphne Camille, to this delicious breakaway world!

  5. By anette on Nov 23, 2009

    she got cuter since I last saw her! how is that possible? must be those cute genes of her parents.

  6. By rachelle on Nov 23, 2009

    oh my gosh, how delightful! Amazing, gorgeous, exciting!

  7. By jen maiser on Nov 23, 2009

    She's just perfect.

  8. By derek on Nov 23, 2009

    beautiful.

  9. By Diane and Todd on Nov 23, 2009

    We can never get tired of seeing and hearing about beautiful Daphne! Congratulations and please continue to keep us updated with Daphne news, Daddy Gower! Oh what a lucky little girl is she is. There's so much of daddy's good cooking waiting for her.

  10. By @KitchenM on Nov 23, 2009

    Congratulations!! What a beautiful, healthy looking baby! I can't wait to hear about her gourmet treats!

  11. By ellen on Nov 23, 2009

    what a lucky, lovely sweetheart! enjoy each other and grab naps when you can. xoxo

  12. By Michael Ryan on Nov 23, 2009

    She is a beauty Eric and Delia, a real dish! I have spread the word through the Dutch grapevine. Enjoy!

  13. By Ed Ward on Nov 23, 2009

    An intelligent gaze on the lass. Congratulations!

  14. By Lucy on Nov 23, 2009

    What a beautiful baby girl! She's a very lucky one! My hearty congratulations to you and the family.

  15. By lola meyer on Nov 23, 2009

    She looks like she is dreaming up wonderful food recipes as she lies cradled in your hands. I think she has the twinkle in your eye Eric. Congrats and cheers!

  16. By Dawn on Nov 23, 2009

    She is gorgeous. And you don't have to sprinkle anything… she'll automatically get a taste of whatever Delia is eating. The beauty of breastfeeding! :) Heartfelt congratulations to you and your family.

  17. By CSGiles on Nov 23, 2009

    Many congratulations! My best wishes to you all.

  18. By Chris on Nov 23, 2009

    Congratulations! Best wishes to Mom and Dad!

  19. By Trisha on Nov 23, 2009

    Beautiful, beautiful. Make us all happy with her regular appearance here, Eric. Nante kawaii akachan nandeshou!!

  20. By Bryan on Nov 24, 2009

    it's a little Breakaway Doodle!
    congrats, you guys!

  21. By breakawaycook on Nov 24, 2009

    Thank you everyone, it's all very touching! She made her first trip out of the house today, to the pediatrician's, who gave her a double thumbs-up on all counts. "Keep doing whatever you're doing" was his only advice! So we're celebrating with a gigantic king bolete mushroom (aka porcini) sauteed with shallots, herbs, and still-warm eggs given to us by our neighbor — more on that later! One early goal: to give her the widest-ranging palate in the universe! With luck there will be NOTHING she won't eat.

  22. By Stephanie on Nov 24, 2009

    She already has this trouble-making look in her eyes Eric! This is the ultimate breakaway test!

  23. By Abigail on Nov 24, 2009

    Congratulations Eric. What lovely news. She is beautiful – what character, already.

  24. By Christina on Nov 24, 2009

    Very cute. Congratulations, Eric! She is a very lucky baby to grow up eating in your house.

  25. By Wilder on Nov 24, 2009

    The best thing you've cooked up yet. Congratulations to the both of you.

  26. By Tatjana on Nov 24, 2009

    Congratulations Delia and Eric what a beautiful baby.
    Welcome Daphne I wish you a happy and joy-full life together with your man, dad and the cats.
    Love from Habibi,Japie and me,
    Tatjana.

  27. By Alice on Nov 24, 2009

    She's so cute, congratulations! And she looks so happy!

  28. By Divina on Nov 25, 2009

    Congratulations. She really knows how to smile in front of the camera. Adorable.

  29. By Nilay on Nov 25, 2009

    Congratulations on arrival of Daphne Camille! Such a beautiful baby girl!
    Love,
    Nilay

  30. By Cara & Elliot on Nov 25, 2009

    Goanzan de omedeto gozaimasu!

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