Polenta in blue bowl with herb garnish - Food Fantasy/Shutterstock When done well, a bowl of polenta should be thick, comforting, and creamy. But, just like a good risotto, this creaminess should come ...

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 is a creamy, savory, and comforting cornmeal foundation that's often topped with proteins, veggies, and sauces. While most polenta recipes, like this simple polenta, are a one-pot dish with a ...

Polenta is an ancient Roman porridge, originally made with all kinds of grains, most popular now with cornmeal. It's stirred with water to form a coarse mixture, a slow process that can take up to 15 ...

Many recipes call for coarsely ground cornmeal when making polenta, but you can use coarse, medium, or fine. I like a mix of fine and medium, which is what I had in Aosta. This combination produces ...

Traditional polenta recipes call for stirring course cornmeal in water for more than 20 minutes and then adding butter, cheese, and other ingredients and stirring for another 20-plus minutes. Who has ...

Having spent a lot of time in the South I can vouch for the fact that Southerners are really into corn. Maybe that's because they actually have a growing season long enough to harvest the ears. In ...

Polenta, that mild-in-flavor cornmeal that hails from Italy, hasn’t yet experienced the universal acceptance of other starchy sides such as mashed potatoes. So if you’re wondering if you should just ...

Start your week off right with this fresh and cozy creamy pesto polenta dinner. It’s meatless, satisfying, and packed with garden flavors. The smooth, cheesy polenta is topped with golden sautéed ...

After the hectic holiday season, I’m looking forward to some down time and simple and comforting meals that come together with little effort. There’s no better place to start than with polenta.