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"I've had my eye on the bread pudding since the Briar first opened in Northeast Minneapolis in 2022, and finally carpe diem-ed it on the cafe’s breezy back patio. This version isn’t your average brioche loaf soaked in cream and eggs — it’s made with croissants, pecans, chocolate, poppy and flax seeds, fragrant gallium (a wild herb that tastes like vanilla), and allspice, which together give the bread a malty, savory depth that’s almost akin to rye but much more buttery. The crème anglaise was silky and lemony." - Justine Jones