Cast-Iron

Food & Drink
How to Cook the Perfect Steak in a Cast-Iron Skillet
Take it from a Southern steakhouse chef who swears that cast iron beats your trusty grill

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Inside the New Cast Iron Museum
The new Lodge Museum of Cast Iron pulls back the curtain on the South’s favorite cookware

Editor's Letter
Restoring an Heirloom Dutch Oven
Knocking the rust off salvaged cast-iron

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Cast-Iron Potato Galette
Just potatoes, butter, salt, and your favorite pan

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Southern Conundrum: Can You Use Soap to Clean Your Cast Iron?
Is sudsing up your pan indeed heresy? We asked the experts to weigh in

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The Care and Keeping of Cast Iron
How Southern chefs clean and season their prized pots and pans

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Our Favorite Cast-Iron Recipes
In a Southern kitchen, the most cherished—and most often used—tool is a cast-iron skillet. Here are more than sixty recipes to put yours to good use

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The Search for a Beginner’s Cast-Iron Skillet
For some Southerners, skillets are reverentially handed down from generation to generation. But since my mom still happily cooks with hers, I had to buy a skillet of my own. Here’s what I learned

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Making a New Old-Fashioned Skillet
Smithey Ironware Company and the neverending search for a perfect cast-iron surface

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Five Southern Cooking Myths Debunked
Can you wash cast-iron cookware with soap?

Anatomy of a Classic
Cast-Iron Skillet Blueberry Cobbler
Fresh blueberries get the skillet treatment

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Green Tomato Pie
Chef Travis Milton shares a recipe for an old-fashioned dessert

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Chicken-Fried Short Ribs
Award-winning chef Chris Shepherd shares a recipe that was born out of leftovers

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Kil’t Greens with Bacon Jam
Chef Ouita Michel serves a versatile version of an Appalachian classic

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Sautéed Shrimp and Okra
Chef BJ Dennis combines two staples of Gullah Geechee cuisine to create a classic Lowcountry dish

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Chicken-Fried Oysters with Garlic-Dill Pickle Sauce
Cast-iron fried oysters

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Cast-Iron Charred Corn
A touch of continental refinement to a farmhouse staple

Collections
Cast-Iron Collection: Davis Love III
One pro golfer’s passion for vintage cast-iron cookware

Anatomy of a Classic
Cast-Iron Comfort: Bacon Scallion Hoecakes
The original field feast