It's easy to think of grits as a blank canvas for your taste buds to get creative. Whether you go the savory or sweet route, it's hard to beat a bowl of velvety grits-especially the stone ground kind.

A lack of official labeling guidelines and a lot of overlap among the terms can lead to confusion. Here's what you need to know. Cornmeal, grits, and polenta are largely unregulated terms that often ...