Well, weirdly, things have changed for the better of late. Yesterday he asked me to schedule a dinner that he fiercely resisted once ('I want the roast chicken bits with the broccoli'--aka Mandarin orange chicken and broccoli).

He also tried rice cakes (offered by his therapist) last week and... went on to eat half the bag. Six of them. So I guess he likes rice cakes, then. Maybe we are turning a corner?