Polenta hits the mainstream
Sunday, November 1, 2009
When I was a child, nobody I knew had ever heard of polenta. Nobody outside of my northern Italian family, anyway. Essentially, it's cornmeal mush served with some kind of meat with a sauce. Then the world seemed to discover northern Italian cuisine, and polenta was suddenly on the fanciest menus, commanding astronomical prices. For home cooks, the dish took on a "this is a really big deal" quality, as it was rumored that polenta took hours of stirring over a hot pot.
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