Parkhurst has an infant daughter. During the day, when her husband is making pasta for Jacques Larson’s restaurants, she’s on parenting duty. At night, the couple switch off. Over the course of her nine-year run at Hank’s, Parkhurst had talked to executive chef Frank McMahon a few times about the possibility of a promotion. But “things just didn’t fall into place,” partly because of family obligations. “This time,” she says, “it’s perfect.”