Have you ever wondered about the difference between polenta and cornmeal mush? Since they're both corn-based comfort foods that look similar, is it merely a marketing gimmick, or are these two dishes ...

Before brunch turned into a place where people debate avocado ripeness like it’s a political topic, Grandma was already a ...

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 ...

Jim Harrison once wrote an essay detailing a conversation he had with his mother about the semantics between polenta and cornmeal mush. They are the same thing — ground meal corn that is slowly cooked ...

I made up a recipe, or at least I think I did. Having just revisited one of my favorite recipes — chicken tamale pie — my palate was demanding polenta and I decided to experiment. Not to confuse ...

WINDOW ROCK — As Char Kruger slowly adds cornmeal to the blue-corn mush on the stove, stirring it clockwise, people begin asking questions. Should they roast cornmeal before making the blue-corn mush?

Calling all chickens: Berkeley’s Boichik Bagels is looking for hungry, well-behaved birds to consume cornmeal mush and leftover seeds from best-selling Everything bagels. Must have negative Avian flu ...

WASHINGTON, Iowa - John A. Winga, Jr., popped out of the kitchen at Winga's Restaurant here on a recent Friday to salute travelers on the "Treasures of Southeast Iowa Tour" organized by Storm Lake, ...

I recently came across a comfort food that I had forgotten about. When thinking about writing this column I did pause to ask myself if it could really count as comfort food if I had forgotten about it ...