Tag: polenta

Mushroom Ragout With Creamy Polenta Warms You up on Chilly Days

It has been unseasonably cold this year, with some temperatures going into negative digits. Even we Californians have been in it, with chilly evenings where a crackling fire and a dish of cozy comfort is what we crave. I was dreaming of soft polenta, but I wondered: What to top it with? Then I thought…


Crisp, Cheesy Polenta Cubes Are the Perfect Cocktail Snack

Looking for an easy appetizer? Claudia Roden shares these delicious bites in her latest cookbook, “Claudia Roden’s Mediterranean: Treasured Recipes From a Lifetime of Travel,” and the recipes (including this one!) fit right into the Seriously Simple philosophy. Polenta was originally cooked and served as a porridge to feed poor northern Italian peasantry, and Roden…