Zea’s Roasted Corn Grits

Even people who like grits didn’t get excited about them until chefs starting playing around with them. One of the best versions of grits I ever had is the corn-studded yellow grits they serve as a side dish at Zea. That’s a small chain of specialty restaurants run by New Orleans chefs Gary Darling, Greg Reggio, and Hans Limberg. Their grits are so good that they outsell French fries at Zea—probably the only non-breakfast restaurant in the