, seasoning with marjoram and thyme.

Add the tamari to the cooking liquid in the pan and cover..Drain the mushrooms and cut off the knob ends.

Cut the mushrooms into 1/2-inch pieces.Remove the meat from the chicken thigh and cut into 1/2-inch pieces.Add the chicken, mushrooms, corn, the remaining 1/2 cup of reserved broth, half of the celery leaves and the cheese to the porridge.

Season with salt.. Spoon the porridge into bowls.Top with a little of the scallop-tamari broth.

Scatter the shredded scallop and remaining celery leaves over the porridge and serve.. Notes.

Dried scallops and wood ear mushrooms are available at Asian markets..Sure, it's over-the-top, but it's also divine.. Minnesota: Andale Taqueria Y Mercado, Richfield.

Andale Taqueria Y Mercado exemplifies the incredibly cosmopolitan culinary climate for which the Twin Cities doesn't get enough credit.The restaurant portion serves sometimes harder to find meats like cecina, that cured beef that comes in thin sheets, and queso de puerco, melt in your mouth pork head cheese.

If you're feeling indecisive, get the carne asada burrito.. Mississippi: Tamale Shak, Golfport.Tamale Shak is the cutest little beach shack Gulfport didn't know it needed.