The most cherished item in my kitchen, my cast-iron fryer was passed down to me from my grandmother. She fried the very best chicken and smothered steak, and poured her love into every fryer-full.

It's not hard to restore your cast iron cookware. All you need is some baking soda, steel wool, and a bit of elbow grease. Using steel wool, thoroughly scrub the baking soda and water into the cast ...

Next to knives, cooks tend to be most obsessed with their pots and pans. But with all the prestige brands out there, many of us overlook an underappreciated, far less expensive choice staring right at ...

Intrigued by the mystique of cast iron cooking, I purchased several gunk-encrusted skillets at flea markets and thrift stores thinking a little steel wool and a lot of elbow grease would clean them ...

Give a new pan a glossy black nonstick coating—or bring the luster back to a family heirloom—with this 3-step process for seasoning cast iron.

Shameful. That’s the word. This is my beloved Dutch oven––final resting place of many a piece of venison, ducks, and Mexican casseroles cooked on many a campfire. But after frying up three squirrels a ...

'FRAMEWORK' RECAP: The outcome of episode five of Spike TV's "Framework" will leave some fans wondering if the show's judges are keeping colorful, quote-worthy builders and getting rid of contestants ...

Cast-iron cookware has been around for so long that its origin is somewhat unclear. What we do know is that cast-iron cauldrons and kettles were first used for cooking in Asia more than 1,300 years ...