A lack of official labeling guidelines and a lot of overlap among the terms can lead to confusion. Here’s what you need to know.

A lack of official labeling guidelines and a lot of overlap among the terms can lead to confusion. Here's what you need to know. Cornmeal, grits, and polenta are largely unregulated terms that often ...

Cornmeal, grits, and polenta are largely unregulated terms that often overlap in meaning. Cornmeal is the broadest term, referring to any dried and ground field corn. Polenta and grits are both types ...

Corn as a grain has a myriad of uses. From Southern cornbread and grits to Mexican tortillas, the New World grain is the base for a variety of dishes. Corn itself has a bit of a split personality. Let ...

Understanding the differences between polenta, grits, and cornmeal—and how best to use them—is complex and interesting, and we’ll get to that! But there’s also a short answer, so let’s start there and ...