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 ...

Grits are a popular breakfast component in the southern United States and can be made quite simply with butter, salt, and black pepper. Like most dishes, there are many chef-worthy ingredients to ...

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 ...

In the early 1800s, the cultivation of Carolina Gold rice in the coastal areas of the Carolinas and Georgia boomed. During processing, when harvested grains were hand-pounded to remove their outer ...

Yes, the farmers market has plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables that are grown in Louisiana. But, because we rarely see the process, it’s hard to imagine the southern staple of yellow corn grits was ...

Perhaps the ingredient most associated with Southern food, and an important staple in breakfast dishes, grits can be polarizing if you’ve never had them. The dish is actually made of ground corn ...