First impressions:
The author has serious cred: founding food editor of USA Today in 1982, author of 40 cookbooks, current writer of a food column for Providence Journal.
Learned in prologue that cooking in a cast iron skillet is actually healthy for you! Little bits of iron can leach into your food, and everyone needs a little iron in their diet. Many people are anemic. And it's good for pregnant ladies.
Food will stay warmer (and safer) longer when served in a cast iron skillet.
Learned in the introduction details on how to season a skillet for the first time, how to maintain the seasoning, and how to strip worn-down seasoning to start fresh.
About 4 pages on how to cook the perfect steak in a cast iron skillet.
Not every recipe pictured. Bummer.
Clear instructions, not a lot of out-of-the-ordinary ingredients, margin notes on helpful tips and tricks for the various recipes, including how to store leftovers.
Chicken With Garlic and Lemon: 2 thumbs up! Yum!
Southern Cornbread: Delicious, of course, but too unhealthy to make regularly. (Contains all-purpose flour, sugar, AND can creamed corn.)
Oven-Roasted Ratatouille: Delicious and colorful, but it calls for a slightly larger cast-iron skillet than I own, and it doesn't half neatly.
Pear and Gingerbread Upside-Down Cake: Delicious! And pretty. Took to parents-in-law's house for Sunday dinner, and they gave it two thumbs up.
Peach and Blueberry Crumble: Another delicious dessert! And not difficult. And it contains fruit, so I feel practically healthy eating it (with a scoop of vanilla ice cream). Unfortunately, it contains too many ingredients that we don't keep on hand, like brown sugar, so I might not make it again.
*I checked out my copy of The New Cast Iron Skillet Cookbook from my local library.
Southern Cornbread: Delicious, of course, but too unhealthy to make regularly. (Contains all-purpose flour, sugar, AND can creamed corn.)
Oven-Roasted Ratatouille: Delicious and colorful, but it calls for a slightly larger cast-iron skillet than I own, and it doesn't half neatly.
Pear and Gingerbread Upside-Down Cake: Delicious! And pretty. Took to parents-in-law's house for Sunday dinner, and they gave it two thumbs up.
Peach and Blueberry Crumble: Another delicious dessert! And not difficult. And it contains fruit, so I feel practically healthy eating it (with a scoop of vanilla ice cream). Unfortunately, it contains too many ingredients that we don't keep on hand, like brown sugar, so I might not make it again.
*I checked out my copy of The New Cast Iron Skillet Cookbook from my local library.
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