For the same reason as tomatoes, vinegar can eat away at a seasoned cast-iron skillet, sending you back to square one.

For some people there isn’t much of a debate around who makes the best cast-iron skillet. There is a diehard fanbase, loyal to the affordable USA–made Lodge cast-iron pan, that will not hear ...

Ever so humble, my smallish (8-inch) cast iron skillet is my favorite pan. It sits on the stove at the ready, the perfect size when cooking for two. This pan makes less of a mess than my 10-incher ...

Cooking in a cast-iron skillet has a number of benefits, including lasting heat retention, non-stick properties when it's properly seasoned, and being able to withstand high temperatures and the ...

The manufacturer says the pan comes pre-seasoned, but cast iron devotees still advise layering an additional coat or two of your own to achieve a shiny black surface before cooking. Buy Lodge Pre ...

I’ve been cooking with cast iron for years, and I’ve tested dozens of methods and products for cleaning it to find out what works best. Here’s a primer on how to strip, ...

"Cast iron is the original camp cookware. Long before anyone had even heard of Teflon-coated aluminum, people were cooking with cast iron," says Michael van Vliet, who, alongside his girlfriend ...

But my attachment to cast-iron cooking went beyond the merely culinary. More than anything, I clung to it as a token of permanence. At my age, everything—jobs, friends, ...