Cast Iron Cooking

Your skillet is sticky, a few orange spots have appeared, and every article you read says something different about soap. This plain-language guide explains what seasoning really is, then gives you clear rules for daily care, from the soap and metal utensil debates to drying and oiling. You will learn how to fix sticky, flaking and rusty pans, restore an old find step by step, and cook eggs, steak and chicken without welding them to the iron. Twenty skillet recipes run from crispy bacon and smash burgers to cornbread, shakshuka and a warm skillet cookie, and a chapter covers oven, grill and campfire use. A final chapter shows how to inspect and buy second-hand pans, so your money goes to iron worth keeping.

Imad Muratspahic is an independent author of practical how-to guides, technical handbooks, history and fiction. The books aim to be clear, honest and useful from the first page.