There’s cornmeal and grits and polenta, oh my! Cornmeal is available in white or yellow, and sometimes has no indication about the size of the granules on the packaging. Some packages of grits ...

don’t you dare use yellow cornmeal in them. In Nicholas’ words: “It is of no use. You can’t succeed. The white cornmeal is ...

Because cornmeal–either yellow or white–can be one of the most versatile foods in the kitchen . . . and the key ingredient in some of the most delicious dishes you or I will ever eat!

If a recipe calls for cornmeal, you might find yourself in the grain aisle, staring down bags of grits, polenta, coarse cornmeal, fine cornmeal, blue cornmeal, corn flour, and a familiar box of Jiffy.

On first glance, polenta, cornmeal, and grits seem similar ... “Traditionally, polenta is made from yellow corn and grits are made from white corn. Polenta is slightly coarser than grits ...