It's totally possible to make quick polenta. But it's not possible to make GREAT polenta quickly.
She had one major request she had of our time together: "Can you please teach me some filling gluten-free recipes?"
While the good people of Tuscany are known as "bean-eaters" because of their culinary proclivity towards legumes, the Piemontese locals are known as polentone. Apparently, everyone in Piedmont eats polenta all the time, and have done so before the Roman empire!
Polenta is still a slightly exotic dish in the American home. Those who don't have an Italian heritage may have never tasted it -- or even heard of it...
Are you tired of your breakfast? You probably eat the same thing every day just out of ease or necessity. Well it's about time you switch up your rout...
Give it a try. You won't regret it.
Thanksgiving needn't be elaborate. Homemade polenta takes a little time to make and it's a perfect pairing with bold broccoli rabe.
From start to finish, this is the easiest plant-based meal -- 15 minutes, max, including prep and cooking time. With very few ingredients, it's easy for anyone to prepare and is made in only one pot. And it's deliciously satisfying.
Joe Pesci's very funny line from My Cousin Vinny is a concise summary of the state of knowledge of my neighboring Northeasterners with regard to this ...
This past Christmas season I was invited to the home of dear friends M & V for their annual Holiday feast. Now this no ordinary feast, but one they la...
The future, if HALL winery has anything to do with it, is something worth drinking to. The Napa-based winery just received organic certification, and...
In the middle of a very busy week, I really needed this down time. So I headed to the Union Square Greenmarket that morning with the goal of making lunch for a big bunch.
As the days shorten, this polenta dish seems like the perfect meeting of my meals to come and those pleasures I will have to leave behind. I am finally beginning to crave rich risottos and dark, meaty stews.
