Cornmeal-Crusted Rainbow Trout Sandwiches

In this recipe, we drain the bacon fat out of the pan and fry the fish in vegetable oil. For a more pronounced bacon flavour, you can use the bacon fat and omit the oil. Add lettuce and sliced tomato for a yummy twist on a BLT.

Cornmeal and Whole Wheat Quick Bread

Cornmeal-Coated Wings with Blue Cheese Dip

A miniature version of Southern fried chicken, these breaded wings bake up crunchy and golden. Along with the blue cheese dip, add some raw celery or carrot sticks to round out this casual meal.

Roasted Cherry Tomato Tart

Goat cheese, olives and roasted tomatoes add up to delicious, intense flavour. The tender, slightly crunchy cornmeal pastry is supple and easy to work with.

Lemon Scroll Cookies

These rustic cornmeal S shapes, inspired by Italian krumiri cookies, are a delicious change of pace from traditional sweet cookies. Dust with icing sugar if desired.

Corn and Feta Tart with Fresh Tarragon

This elegant quiche-like tart is great served with a green salad for brunch or a light dinner. A flaky cornmeal pastry enhances the sweet corn filling.

Beef and Okra Stew

Khamisa Baya's saucy stew comes from Sudan in Africa. Serve it over cooked rice, cornmeal or creamy wheat cereal, or with Corn Bread on the side.

Zaletti

These cornmeal cookies, studded with plump rum-soaked raisins, are a specialty of Venice but are also found throughout the Veneto region. Serve them with a shot of espresso or a glass of grappa.

Brunch Corn Cake

This delightful corn-kernel-and-cornmeal cake is an adaptation of one served for breakfast on the Toucan, an Amazon riverboat. The cook, Francisca Martins Pimental, shared the recipe with Elizabeth Baird, our food & nutrition editor.

Skillet Beef and Corn Pie

Just like pastel de choclo, a popular dish from Chile, this pie is loaded with raisins, olives and hard-cooked eggs. With puréed corn and cornmeal, it has a double-corn topping. Serve with fresh tomato salsa or a squeeze of lime.