Pumpkin Risotto

Perhaps it’s thanks to this dish that I met my husband, Marc. We met at Limmud, the annual learning conference on all things Jewish, when he came to see my cookery demonstration and lecture on the history of Italian Jewish cuisine. The dish I was demonstrating was pumpkin risotto, however, the electric hob that I was given was not working properly, so I played down the tricky situation by imagining cooking the risotto and cracking a few jokes. I ended up serving an uncooked