dinner party!

me and my roomies are hosting a potluck for some of our newer friends tomorrow and i am super excited! despite having a relatively small med school class, i know very few of my classmates so im really looking forward to branching out!

one thing i REALLY like (apart from my endless passion for medicine, sarcasm anyone?) is the culinary arts! ive always loved it.. never been too good at it. i have some staples that i can definitely go to for some good eats... but im really trying to expand my repertoire. tomorrow im going to make some rice pudding rice to riches style! i actually dont think ive ever had rice pudding and i dont know what piqued this interested in rice pudding... but imma just go with the flow.

rice to riches in nyc was featured on food network and some of my friends have been and rave about it... ive never been so ill just take their word!



im going to attempt to recreate their goodness with both chocolate and vanilla based rice puddings. i found a recipe for one of their chocolate flavors online... but i did a test run tonight, brought it to a friends house for dinner, and lets just say it was not one of the most popular things in the buffet line! ill play with it more tomorrow and give it one last shot though! i also bought a slew of different toppings for the rice puddings like peanut butter covered pretzels, chocolate pieces, sweetened coconut, marshmallows and cookies! im also making some mochi toppings too!



rice pudding success or fail? more to come!