fish, she gets to choose what kind. she knows there will be a steamed vegetable, she gets to choose what kind. and then recently there was an article in the paper, which among other things said that kids like repetition in their food as well as their books. and suddenly i realized they were right.
some kids do like to try new things, and i love that my daughter puts up with my experiments. but she also likes familiar things. she loves when we make soup, though the ingredients are never quite the same from time to time. it’s a familiar process, and a familiar product. while we make it, she 