Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. cornmeal bowl with corn - Fcafotodigital/Getty Images Have you ever wondered about the difference between polenta and cornmeal ...

Jim Dixon wrote about food for WW for more than 20 years, but these days most of his time is spent at his olive oil-focused specialty food business Wellspent Market. Jim’s always loved to eat, and he ...

For many people, cornmeal is just one of the ingredients in boxed cornbread, which can be upgraded in many different ways. For older generations who lived through the Great Depression or World War II, ...

This Yankee cornmeal mush, or polenta, is a good way to warm up on a winter day. Credit: Courtesy of Sandy Oliver As temperatures drop in winter, a warm breakfast becomes more appealing. Some days, a ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Cornmeal mush. Have I lost you already? The name imparts blandness with visions of a gruel-like dish ...

After lo these many years, I can’t slip anything past my clever editor. I should have known better than to try. I had no sooner submitted my column on fried mush and grits than I received a response.

Perhaps it’s these cold mornings that take me back decades to when my Mom prepared a breakfast for me each morning before I walked to school in South Dakota’s winter temperatures. The morning began ...