Yet when Stehling first opened Hominy Grill in 1996, his penchant for celebrating simple foods wasn’t roundly appreciated by a city intent on demonstrating its sophistication. In 1997, The Post and ...

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Last week, I feasted on an absolutely delicious posole. If you aren’t familiar with this hearty soup, you are missing out. It is a main course dish that consists of pork, onions, garlic, dried chiles, ...

Hominy was one of my childhood favorites at mealtime. My mom would purchase it already prepared, and I still remember the red and white can it came in. It’s made from corn that undergoes a process ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of food journalism experience, and a deep love for mayonnaise and MSG. True grits are usually made with dried, ground ...

I’ve been making a lot of posole lately, and on a few occasions, I have found myself with more cooked hominy than I needed. What does one do with leftover hominy when you already have a pot of soup ...

Hominy is one of those foods you might think you've never tried, yet almost certainly have. Or at least a close relative of it. That's because the ingredient that starts as hominy can end as many ...

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.

There’s something very comforting about a steaming bowl of pozole, the tender cubes of pork adrift in a broth that sings with just-right spiciness. The stew-like concoction is loaded with hominy. In ...

FIRED UP: Sydney Rubin and Eli Je Bailey warm up in front of the Turtle Rock wood-fired oven where he bakes Hominy Farm breads from locally grown and milled grains. Photo by Camilla Calnan Artist ...