Chinese sausage simmered with rice, mushroom and soy sauce makes a hearty and satisfying congee porridge. In large pot add stock, rice, salt and ginger. Bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce the ...

Dress up this classic white rice porridge with your favorite savory toppings like bacon, Chinese sausage, or onions. This basic congee comes together in about an hour with just rice, stock, and ginger ...

When an unfortunate bout of illness strikes, a comforting and restorative meal pays off manifold. In the U.S., chicken noodle soup or simply a mug of bone broth are frequent go-tos. Meanwhile, in Asia ...

Autumn in this part of the country, long, leisurely, lingering—there is simply no place on earth nicer to be than in this part of the Midwest from late September until mid-November. More than three ...

AS Maurice Sendak once said, all seasons of the year are nice for eating chicken soup with rice. That's pretty much the attitude at one Brooklyn hospital, where Chinese patients can have congee, a ...

When I was in college and for years after, whenever I went into San Francisco to catch a late set of jazz, the evening always ended in Chinatown with a bowl of congee. I can’t think of anything more ...

The woman behind the counter at the Wah Shing Kung Fu Gift Shop in Chinatown does not endorse my plan for the Wei-Tai 999 granules I just bought. I told the clerk that I’m thinking about mixing the ...

Congee, for the uninitiated, is basically rice boiled with water until it has a porridge-like consistency. I know, it sounds pretty boring. But the genius is in the garnishes -- which can be seafood, ...

For most of this fall, we’ve been drawn in by the illusion of an endless summer, where patio dining and sunny outdoor sipping — even in mid-November — have seemed like the norm rather than an autumn ...