{"id":11833,"date":"2017-03-22T15:00:01","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T22:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/premierfoodsafety_OLD\/?p=11833"},"modified":"2017-03-22T15:00:01","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T22:00:01","slug":"trendinista-polenta-shows-off-its-flexibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/trendinista-polenta-shows-off-its-flexibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Trendinista: Polenta shows off its flexibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\ndiv#keypoints {\n  margin-left: 2em; margin-top: 0.5em;\n}\nli#takeaway1, li#takeaway2, li#takeaway3 { \n}\np#quote {\n  background-color: #AFEEEE; color: #333333; padding: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em; font-style:italic;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"richsummary\">\n<p id=\"abstract\">Made from finely ground cornmeal, polenta is gaining in popularity across the United States. It&#8217;s healthy, gluten-free and delicious. Polenta is a very versatile food and there are dozens of ways it can be prepared. This article features a handful of restaurant owners, and they discuss their unique entree that uses polenta. If you are looking for creative ways to prepare polenta, read on.<\/p>\n<p>Key Takeaways:<\/p>\n<ul id=\"takeaways\">\n<li id=\"takeaway1\">Originating in Northern Italy as a peasant food, polenta has gained popularity in the U.S. for its creamy texture and versatility.<\/li>\n<li id=\"takeaway2\">Traditionally made from coarsely ground cornmeal, polenta is naturally gluten-free and can be served with or without added spices and cheeses, making a great entr\u00e9e base or side.<\/li>\n<li id=\"takeaway3\">It\u2019s even versatile enough to be cooled, sliced and fried, or baked into polenta cakes or polenta fries, which can then be topped with any number of ingredients and sauces.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"quote\">&#8220;\u201cPolenta is literally a healthy base for everything,\u201d said Emile Chalouhi, \u201cPure polenta is more versatile than even pasta or rice.\u201d&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"source\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.restaurant-hospitality.com\/trendinista\/trendinista-polenta-shows-its-flexibility\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.restaurant-hospitality.com\/trendinista\/trendinista-polenta-shows-its-flexibility<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Made from finely ground cornmeal, polenta is gaining in popularity across the United States. It&#8217;s healthy, gluten-free and delicious. Polenta is a very versatile food and there are dozens of ways it can be prepared. This article features a handful of restaurant owners, and they discuss their unique entree that uses polenta. If you are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8149,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11833"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}