If you're holding on to any wooden utensils or boards that belonged to a previous generation, don't. Wooden spoons and other utensils would seem to be heritage tools, because they're difficult to ...

To get the exact how-to of this procedure, I consulted Shannon Van Dusen, associate product and test-kitchen manager at Lodge, which is perhaps the most well-known cast-iron company around.

Cast iron is a heavy material, and the skillets we tested were all quite weighty. But the lightest 10-inch pan we tested was the Stargazer 10.5-Inch Cast Iron Skillet at 5.2 pounds (notably, the ...

Repeat the seasoning process once or twice a year for upkeep. To clean your cast iron when something is really stuck on it, don’t soak it in water. Take it to the stovetop, then add enough water to ...