Nine Day Countdown | Vietnamese Rice Porridge

by Rustic Garden Bistro on April 12, 2012

In less than ten days, the RGB will be hosting a very happy occasion; our very own wedding reception. You may recall that two summers ago, we eloped to the Bay Area so we could make our 7:30 PM dinner reservations at Chez Panisse. By the end of the evening, we had a signed cookbook by Alice Waters. And by the end of the weekend, Tyler Florence had given us a pasta recipe. (Yeah… it was a pretty good weekend.)

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