Now, Grandma would not let us leave her house without dessert so we ordered the arroz doce ($11), which was a creme brûlée rice pudding. In my opinion, rice pudding is an acquired texture.

Castro makes Arroz a la Mexicana for Día de Muertos in honor of her grandfather Manuel. “My grandpa would literally be like, ‘Of all the delicacies that are in the world, keep all your stuff ...