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"  Maybe I was smug. Back when my son was 1\u00BD or 2, he would eat anything. I followed the advice and gave him a wide variety of foods, usually whatever his father and I were eating. He loved spicy pumpkin muffins, full of cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. Ate any kind of vegetable if it was soft enough. Devoured chicken seasoned with rosemary, potatoes roasted with thyme. Then he hit 3, and it was as if the only thing I&amp;#039;d been serving him since he started solids was pasta with olive oil and cheese or butter sandwiches on soft bread.  He used to love risotto filled with carrots, peas, tiny broccoli florets. Tonight I tried trick number 2 and had him help me make it. He dropped the knob of butter in the pan (about 2 tablespoons) and watched it melt as I diced a small onion, which he stirred into the butter. Then he poured in a cup of arborio rice and stirred it to coat all the grains. He gasped at the whoosh of alcohol fumes when I added \u00BD cup white wine, and only lost interest when I started adding ladelfuls of simmering chicken stock. He insisted, however, that I call him back to the kitchen when it was time to add handfuls of frozen baby peas. So I stirred rice, adding more stock whenever it got dry, for about 20 minutes, until the rice had absorbed enough stock to be tender and creamy (maybe 3 or 3\u00BD cups). You don&amp;#039;t have to stir constantly, so during free moments I unloaded the dishwasher and broiled some chicken cutlets with lemon. The boy stirred in peas and grated on some locatelli, and the risotto was ready.  He would not eat a bite. Especially not a bite with peas (even though the peas were his special job). Oh, well. More for me. That leftover risotto will not make it to lunchtime tomorrow. I&amp;#039;m looking at it for my second breakfast, the one my unborn babe (who is a girl! we found out today) demands at about 10 every day.  Not related, but my son wants to name his future sister after a girl he likes at school, &amp;quot;Ashley is a pretty name.&amp;quot; Man, he is smitten. I can&amp;#039;t stand it.  You could add shrimp to the risotto and make a one-dish meal, or you could try one of these to go along with it:  Scallops with Lemon and Capers Lemon-Rosemary Chicken Poached Salmon with Dill-Horseradish Sauce What kinds of rice dishes do you make? What goes into your risotto? \u2014 Kim Walker "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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