If you know, you know. There's a lot of history in our bowls of grits, and Southerners know not all corn looks the same. In fact, there's much more variety in this plant beyond the bright yellow ...

When I lived in Tennessee I learned quite a few quaint Southern colloquialisms, got used to being called “Ma’am”, and that there are grits and G.R.I.T.S. (Girls Raised in the South). Outside of the ...

Every year, restaurant and food consulting company Baum + Whiteman LLC predicts the year's dining trends. Ringing in at No. 10 on 2011's list: grits. The New York-based company credits this as a ...

Then there are grits ($12) which are are touted as creamy, buttery white hominy topped with guest’s choice of a poached or scrambled egg. The Creole grits come with sauteed shrimp and are finished ...

Grits quiche features a tender, custardy egg filling atop a thick, crunchy layer of cheese grits in place of the usual pastry crust. The cheese grits crust bakes first, then the egg mixture is added ...

My summer job was a block away from the five-and-ten-cent store, as it was called then, and I took to dropping in for the ...