How Amanda Kludt, Editor in Chief of Eater, Spends Her Sundays

This February marks Amanda Kludt’s 10th anniversary with the plucky food website and social media darling, Eater. In 2008, she got her start covering breaking culinary and restaurant news in New York, but soon she had moved on to oversee Eater’s national expansion. By 2014, she had been promoted to editor in chief of the award-winning site, where she continued to enhance programming, adding restaurant reviews, videos, news features and even some investigations around the #MeToo movement in the restaurant industry. Ms. Kludt, 34, lives in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, with her husband, Pablo Douzoglou, 33, who works in marketing for an independent record label, and their son, Ansel Kludt, 22 months.

TODDLER HOURS I wake up when Ansel wakes up, and that means 6:45 no matter what day of the week it is. Pablo wakes up with me, and he goes to a coffee shop around the corner called Brooklyn Standard to get us two large drip coffees with cream and sugar. In the meanwhile, I get Ansel dressed.

MORNING MENU When Pablo gets back, I make us all breakfast. Usually, it’s scrambled eggs, toast and fruit. Sometimes, I do pancakes from scratch. Ansel eats everything we eat. There’s no separate kid meals in this house.

PLAY DATE Pablo and I divide and conquer Ansel so we each get a little downtime during the day. While he goes to play tennis or hits the gym, I take Ansel to my friend Michelle’s house in Carroll Gardens. She used to work at Eater and has two kids, one of whom is Ansel’s age. She has a playroom in her apartment, and the kids have a blast while Michelle and I catch up. Often, our friend Leslie, who has a girl the same age as Ansel and used to work at Eater’s sister site, Racked, will join. We’re there for an hour or an hour-and-a-half.

LUNCH My mother-in-law, Rody, who lives in the West Village, comes to Williamsburg most Sundays to meet us for an early lunch. She is fabulous and fun to be around. She is also obsessed with Ansel. We usually go to this Italian place called Barano. It’s somewhat of an upscale restaurant, but they are super tolerant of kids dropping food and making noise. Their breakfast bowl with farro and tuna belly is incredible, and so is their frittata pizza. We always get dessert — the cannolis and chocolate tart are our favorites.

SELF-MAINTENANCE After lunch, Ansel takes a two- to three-hour nap. This is when I get my downtime for the day. I’ll get a manicure and often go to yoga with my friend Sarah, who works in restaurant PR. We like this studio in Chinatown called Sky Ting Yoga. I’m not a big yoga fan, but this place is not preachy and is very laid back. The class is a gentle flow that’s not too challenging. Afterwards, Sarah and I grab coffee.

COOK IN BULK By the time I’m back, it’s around 4, and Pablo is in the middle of cooking dinner for that night and also meals for the week ahead. For the week, he makes short ribs or a roast chicken which can be repurposed in many different ways. But for Sunday dinner, we have rice and beans — he’s from Venezuela and can’t do without those. We also have a protein like steak, chicken or pork shoulder and some stewed greens like escarole or Swiss chard.

DINNER WITH FRIENDS We love having people over for an early Sunday dinner. It’s a nice way to end the weekend. We’ll invite anywhere from two to four people. We try to invite our friends with kids because it’s entertainment for Ansel. We open a few bottles of wine and eat and laugh and drink.

BABY BOOKS Our guests leave around 7, and we clean up fairly quickly because we’ve been cleaning along the way as we’ve cooked. Then, it’s time to get Ansel ready for bed. I give him a bath and a bottle, and then Pablo and I both read him books. We probably go through five to 10 books between the two of us. He’s sleeping by close to 8.

LIGHT OFFICE WORK As much as I try not to work on Sunday, I spend about an hour prepping for the week, which makes Monday less daunting. I’ll catch up on emails and maybe edit a few articles.

QUIET NIGHT Our evening ends with Pablo watching TV and me reading. I am always behind on my New Yorkers, and I love to read their features. I might also read The New York Times. We’re both in bed by 11, and it’s lights out right away.