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When orzo is prepared in this manner, with just enough broth to cook it through without making it soupy, it becomes porridgelike in the best way.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2021

I settled on the shepherd’s pie, and when our meals came — each a porridgelike pile of mush — I noticed that we both reached for our spoons instead of our forks.

From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2020