On cold wintery days like this there's nothing better than comforting food like a dish of Risotto.

Here's my recipe for two:

Dice 1/2 a small Onion, one stalk of Celery and 1/3 Green Pepper, add these to a large sauce pan with some Olive Oil and stir until softened, season with a generous pinch of Salt and some Black Pepper, then add a bit more Olive Oil and

3/4 cup Arborio Rice, it's available even in Taos, along with 1/2 ounce or more of dried Porcini mushrooms. Bollitos grow in the mountains around Taos if you've still got any left dried or frozen from the summer season otherwise use the dried Porcini. The idea is to coat all of the rice with oil, so stir this up a bit without burning with your stove top around medium high. Now a pinch of Rosemary and a little Sage, (you may also add some chile powder or other herbs you may prefer). Add about 1/3 cup of Chicken stock, or vegetable and stir until the liquid reduces, do not add too much liquid at any given time, slowly adding liquid keeps the Risotto creamy, which trust me on this, that's what you want. You can alternate using some White Wine of your choice and the broth, but the wine tends to be a bit acidic and will need to be counterbalanced with more butter at the end. Stirring should be fairly constant, along with adding more liquid, a can of broth is about 2 cups you'll need as much as 5 cups all told, depending on your heat. Taste the rice after 1/2 an hour hour, it should be getting bulkier, but still be a bit too al dente, it should be ready in 15-20 minutes more, around 45 minutes. Keep tasting, try not to overcook which will result in mushy rice instead of creamy, what's the difference you ask, hmmm...an hour is too long, 45-50 minutes tends to be about right. Add some Butter at the end not too much I'm not trying to send you to the hospital here about 1/4 of a stick, if you did use White Wine, you'll need half a stick, I know what I said, that's why I usually don't use the wine. You may also grate some Parmesan Cheese into the rice just before serving with some grated on top when you've put it into the bowl. Also a bit of Black Pepper on top is nice. if you need more salt let your dinner companion add their own. Sautee some fresh Brown or Shitake Mushrooms in a little Olive Oil, with Pepper, Salt, Rosemary and a drizzle of Balsamic Vinegar, which will sweeten and carmelize.

Use a large bowl