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, ...

I look at shelf-stable tubes of polenta and only see the paths not taken toward deliciousness. They showcase the exact opposite of what usually goes into great polenta: coarsely ground cornmeal for ...

All you really need to make good basic polenta is yellow cornmeal (that is fine to medium-grained), water and salt. A flavored stock or broth can be used in place of water, and butter can be added for ...

Basically editor Amiel Stanek spends all day every day trying to help readers get dinner on the table as quick and efficiently as possible. So when he gets to cook at home, he likes to slow things ...

In "Quick & Dirty," Salon Food's Mary Elizabeth Williams serves up simplified recipes and shortcuts for exhausted cooks just like you — because quick and dirty should still be delicious. It doesn’t ...

You can’t get much more comforting than polenta. Rich and creamy, it makes a perfect side or simple main. And while the stove-top method is classic, there’s an even easier route if you cook the ...

Traditional polenta recipes call for stirring course cornmeal in water for more than 20 minutes and then adding butter, cheese, and other ingredients and stirring for another 20-plus minutes. Who has ...

Italian polenta, if done well, can be a magical dish despite its simple flavors. Follow this easy recipe and make the dinner show stopper at home. Put simply, polenta is coarsely ground cornmeal ...