When I saw an old Griswold cast-iron skillet and lid at an estate sale in Santa Fe last summer, I didn’t quite know what to do. For a few minutes, I stood there like a log stuck in an eddy, running my ...

PITTSBURGH - Mike Sanders was destined for a career in the music business ever since he first picked up an acoustic guitar as a teenager in Erie, Pennsylvania. He was still a student at Slippery Rock ...

For a humble item, the cast-iron pan occupies an exalted place in many American homes. The glossy black skillets are easy to find, relatively inexpensive, and versatile tools in our kitchens, but they ...

Cast iron cookware is back. Or maybe it never left. If your head is filling with images of chuck wagons full of dangling pots amidst a herd of grazing cattle, well, cowboy, you've been on the range a ...

PITTSBURGH – Mike Sanders was destined for a career in the music business ever since he first picked up an acoustic guitar as a teenager in Erie. He was still a student at Slippery Rock University ...

Virginia Willis’ grandmother made everything in a cast-iron skillet, from cornbread to fried chicken. Now Willis, a prolific cookbook author and food stylist, owns her grandmother’s skillet, which is ...

Nonstick pans are a godsend for frying eggs and flipping pancakes, and an enameled Dutch oven will never disappoint while cooking soups, stews and sauces. But when it comes to the workhorse of kitchen ...

Those new to the art of cast iron cooking can easily be overwhelmed by its maintenance requirements. Is using soap OK? How often does it have to be seasoned? Are you really supposed to clean it with ...