You may have seen them popping up on restaurant menus around Columbia over the past year: Congaree Milling Co.’s hominy grits. And unless you’re a maize scholar, you probably didn’t think much of it.

Dear Lynne: We vacationed in the South for the first time and fell for grits in a big way, especially ones we had in Charleston, S.C., with peas and asparagus. So what is the difference between hominy ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... AUSTIN, Texas — To give you an idea of how passionately grits lovers feel about grits, just ask them about Cream of Wheat. “My mother tried to sneak Cream of ...

Like many foods that have been around for centuries, the grits available in supermarkets, although serviceable, are distant cousins of their forebears. Grits are a corn product: They are derived from ...

For some people, grits are a pantry staple. Made from ground corn, they’re a super versatile food. For example, mixed with sugar and fruit, grits can be a delicious alternative to oatmeal. Or, they ...

If you’ve ever searched for ground corn in the dry goods section of your grocery store, you know: It can be rather confusing. There’s cornmeal and grits and polenta, oh my! Cornmeal is available in ...

Some packages of grits and polenta have “instant” or “quick” labels (which you should avoid if at all possible). And labeling like “instant polenta cornmeal,” “enriched white hominy” on a canister of ...

Perhaps the ingredient most associated with Southern food, and an important staple in breakfast dishes, grits can be polarizing if you’ve never had them. The dish is actually made of ground corn ...

Grits are a staple of Southern cooking. Simple, nutritious and filling, the coarsely cracked grains form a year-round tribute to the wonders of the summer’s harvest. Corn on the cob, or maize, yields ...