For Asian Americans, congee is often comfort food when you're sick. As the child of a Filipino immigrant, I ate congee that my mother prepared when I couldn't keep down anything else. It was a plain ...

When I was a kid, I’d eat congee almost every other day. Congee is a traditional Chinese porridge made from boiling rice in a large amount of water for a long time. As it cooks, the rice releases its ...

Congee, or jook, is my comfort food. It’s simple, warm and cozy, and absolutely delicious. This version is also incredibly nostalgic for me, since it became a tradition in my family to make it with ...

Pierced by winding rivers and dotted with ponds and lakes, the Jiangnan region in China’s lower Yangtze area is famously the home of Shanghai, the country’s biggest city. But Jiangnan is just as ...

The congee at Mei Lin’s downtown restaurant Nightshade is not the plain congee I ate growing up in the San Gabriel Valley. That congee often required more than a couple shakes of whatever vinegar, hot ...

A popular Sai Ying Pun neighborhood restaurant, Yung Kee offers delicious thick congee. Choose your own toppings from a wide variety, including fish, beef and pork. Each bowl of freshly boiled congee ...

I grew up eating rice porridge, and every culture has its version. From mush we originate — to mush we’ll return. By Zoë Hu My rice cooker was cheaply made and cheaply bought, a squat device of ...