It was the year 1894, and there was likely no greater advocate for cooking with white cornmeal — and the South — than Griffith Nicholas. To him, the two things were intertwined. “I was ...

but if a recipe is unclear which kind of cornmeal you should buy, you may end up with blue cornbread or white corn muffins. Yellow, blue, and white cornmeal all serve various purposes, but they're ...

Blue cornmeal gives this cornbread its haunting corn flavor and lavender hue, but yellow or white cornmeal will work equally well. Find blue cornmeal in food co-ops or from online retailers.

For Bunny’s version of hush puppies, Sandlin uses a pink-hued “unicorn” cornmeal, which gives them a distinctive flair — but regular yellow or white cornmeal works perfectly fine in this ...