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A Love Affair with the Cast Iron Skillet
“Each time a Southern cook hefts a skillet to the stovetop, he or she is not alone,” writes John T. Edge in A Gracious Plenty. “Trapped within the iron confines of these skillets and stewpots are the scents and secrets of a family’s culinary history.” So where did our love affair with the cast iron skillet begin?
By Evan Kleiman • • 1 min read“Each time a Southern cook hefts a skillet to the stovetop, he or she is not alone,” writes John T. Edge in A Gracious Plenty. “Trapped within the iron confines of these skillets and stewpots are the scents and secrets of a family’s culinary history.” So where did our love affair with the cast iron skillet begin? Chuck Reece, the founder and editor-in-chief of The Bitter Southerner went to South Pittsburg, Tennessee, to the Lodge Manufacturing Company, to find out.
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