Just Right

It's been raining here in L.A. for what seems like weeks now (maybe it has been weeks?). Not that I'm complaining. I actually like the weather as long as I'm inside and how can I grumble about our temperate weather when others have lost so much? So, maybe you too have been reading fiction and nonfiction, catching up on your Netflix backlog, drinking hot chocolate, and practically surviving on those individual packets of instant Quaker Oatmeal. If so, it might interest you to know that The Chronicle has a guide (with recipes) to porridge around the world, from Chinese jook to chocolate champurrado from Mexico. ("Morning Comfort," SF Chronicle)