The pan sitting at the back of a thrift store shelf, orange with rust and crusted with decades of carbonized grease, looks like a lost cause. It isn't. Cast iron is essentially indestructible as long ...

New to cast iron? Learn how to season, clean and restore your cookware with simple steps from a cooking editor who fixed her ...

Tony Traffanstedt of Piedmont watches a “boiling pot” each day; but he is not stirring a stew or making moonshine. He is restoring cast iron and bringing it to a black, smooth, and lustrous finish. He ...

No one wants to ruin their cookware, so steer clear of doing these things that'll make your enameled cast iron pans unusable. They'll last a lot longer.