Polenta is Italian comfort food. It's a creamy and cheesy porridge. There is something available in stores called instant polenta. But the best kind takes 45 minutes of stirring cornmeal while it ...

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 ...

When it comes time to bake, polenta likely isn't the first ingredient you reach for. The corn-based powder typically appears in the form of a simple side dish or a creamy Italian porridge. Yet, ...

As someone who writes about Italian food, I pride myself in knowing, and understanding, Italian ingredients. But when it comes to polenta, I’ve been remiss. I did not grow up eating polenta; my ...

Certain recipes are “supposed” to be made in only one certain way — which is why we often don’t make them, the supposing having become a nuisance. Risotto is like that. Among its Ten Commandments ...

Polenta is Italian comfort food. It's a creamy and cheesy porridge. There is something available in stores called instant polenta. But the best kind takes 45 minutes of stirring cornmeal while it ...