How to make the best rice pudding (inspired by Pasjoli!)

Jenn attempts to make the rice pudding from Pasjoli in Santa Monica.
Jenn Harris • Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2020
Dave Beran’s French restaurant Pasjoli in Santa Monica serves drive-across-town rice pudding. It is luscious, with a silky whipped cream folded around the kernels of rice. It sings with vanilla. There’s just a hint of cinnamon. Beran’s pudding is...
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