A car seat is designed to hold a tiny human treasure safely in place, but that device makes no such claim about the snack cup of Cheerios the baby is holding. A handy car vacuum might seem like an unsentimental gift for parents, but when the brake pedal crunches with teething-cracker crumbs, it will be appreciated.
Award-winning food and travel writer Naomi Tomky uses her unrelenting enthusiasm for eating everything to propel herself around the world. Her work appears in publications such as Saveur, Food & Wine, and Vogue, as well as the anthology Best Food Writing 2017. Find more of her delicious adventures at www.naomitomky.com and on Twitter (@gastrognome).