If you’ve been living under the assumption that making polenta at home is an arduous task, achievable only by Italian nonnas and people who have time to stand by the stove stirring for hours, think ...

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 ...

Growing up in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, I was surrounded by strong women and talented home cooks who could make delicious meals from the simplest of ingredients. My great-grandmother, grandmother, ...

Polenta usually requires a substantial amount of hands-on time. If it’s a weeknight and you don’t have time for all that stirring and whisking, try this quickie method. Maria Speck, author of Simply ...

The first few times I cooked polenta, I followed recipes that called for endless stirring, and as much as I enjoyed the result, I wasn’t keen on making polenta very often. All that changed when I ...

T.S. Eliot wasn’t kidding when he said that April is the cruelest month. For the first half, I was still wearing my winter coat every day, recovering from yet another cold, and contemplating early ...

The thought of making polenta conjures up images of Italian nonnas standing over a hot stove, stirring pots of the thick, bubbling cornmeal mixture until tender and creamy. It’s a nice thought, but on ...

Mushrooms, sausage ragu with polenta, doesn’t sound like perfect comfort food? Of course, there are so many versions of ragu, but most have some meat as a base. This is the version I created, ...