"rice pudding" news and stories

Happy National Rice Pudding Day!

Perhaps you're a rice pudding fanatic, but I'll admit this: I tend to associate rice pudding with one of those bland, taste-deficient foods for picky kids. There's something about the tasteless, chewy orbs (rice) floating around what strikes me more as a puddle than pudding that really leaves little thrill for the palate.

However, our Slashfood contributors may have changed my mind. Pictured at left, this sophisticated coconut rice pudding with pineapple piqued my interest with its cardamon scent and pistachio topping. And there's a plethora of astoundingly appetizing flavored puddings that follow suit -- banana and ginger, chocolate with rhubarb coulis, strawberry and lavender -- featured on the Slashfood flickr pool. Bon appétit!

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Guests will do a double take when they see this purple rice tart, which is sweetened with maple syrup, coconut milk and coconut flakes. This author's oat, cashew and lavender crust is the ideal foundation for the rice pudding filling, while frozen raspberries top the tart for an extra burst of color.

This vegan tart is satisfying and is sure to take the "guilt" out of "guilty pleasure."

Get the recipe here.

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Reflected tomatoes. Photo: gutter/Flickr

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Here's what's being featured in today's Los Angeles Times Food Section:

Beer Babes: There were never a lot of women brewing their own, but that's all changed. A new generation of young women, hooked up online and in homes, are taking the home brew movement out of the old boy's club.

Mushroom king: Russ Parsons reports that a new partnership between an American company and Japan's largest mushroom grower to build a growing plant near San Diego will soon have California markets awash in exotics.

All that chive: Recipe for chive crepes stuffed with mushrooms and ham.

End of Ramadan deserts end in milky sweetness.

Manwiches: Three recipes for perfect football-game sandwiches.

S. Irene Virbila reviews Gjelina in Venice.

Datebook: The best food events this week in Southern California.

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I always have rice leftover after getting Chinese takeout, no matter how little food I ordered or how many people are there to share it. It's almost as though the people on the phone have a sixth sense about how much rice will be consumed. Of course, I'm not really complaining because I really like rice and it's better to have a little extra than not enough. And rice pudding can always be made with the leftovers.