Iranian and Mexican Rice Pudding Meet at Nixta Taqueria in Austin
Sara Mardanbigi and Edgar Rico, the owners of the genre-bending Austin, Texas, restaurant Nixta Taqueria, grew up more than 1,000 miles apart. Their families immigrated to America from opposite corners of the world. But both found comfort in the same food: rice pudding. For Ms. Mardanbigi, 33, the treat took the form of sholeh zard,…
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