If you’ve ever searched for ground corn in the dry goods section of your grocery store, you know: It can be rather confusing. There’s cornmeal and grits and polenta, oh my! Cornmeal is available in ...

What Are the Differences Between Polenta, Grits, and Cornmeal? First and foremost, starts with two different types of corn. Grits are sold in both coarse and medium-grinds, and can be made from white, ...

Grits vs. polenta Depending on whom you ask, grits and polenta are either just the dishes made from cooking dried ground corn into a mush or also the ingredients themselves. Regarding the dishes, ...

The month of Saint Valentine conjures images of chocolate, truffles, oysters and … corn grits. Really? Yes. I understand that grits may not be the natural subject of sweet nothings, but what this ...

Learn how to buy, cook, and store this versatile grain. On first glance, polenta, cornmeal, and grits seem similar; after all, they’re all derived from corn. But it’s the type of corn — and how it’s ...

Polenta and grits are not exactly the same. But they are close cousins, both made from medium-to-coarsely ground corn that cooks into a creamy, satisfying bed for a saucy entree. One of the pairings ...

There is always a story that connects us with food. And sometimes there is a book as well. In this case, it’s Delia Owens’ 2018 novel “Where the Crawdads Sing” — a coming-of-age story, mystery, legal ...

I eat a lot of corn and corn products. I love cornbread, corn casserole, cornmeal-crusted catfish, grits, and polenta, and consider those last two to be distinct dishes. Much like pornography and ...