My kid spent the first nine months of his life in Guatemala, eating black beans -- often spicy -- along with mushed-up bananas and a coffee beverage heavy on the milk and sugar. Although his diet in the United States is much different, his early dietary habits affect his current palate quite a bit.

For example, he is a big fan of Sriracha hot sauce and dots it on everything from macaroni and cheese to corn-on-the-cob. Also, he ate a banana every day of his life until he was 5, at which point he declared he was sick of them. (Fair enough.)

So I wasn't surprised when he fell in love with fresh crab on a recent trip to the Dells. I bought a package of fake crab for him and tried to pass it off as the real deal, but as a budding young foodie he declared, "That's not crab."

Now, he asks regularly if we can go out for crab legs, and I am trying to find a somewhat affordable, somewhat kid-friendly place where he can bib up and chow down. Any suggestions for us?