Cast Iron Cooking For Dummies

In some cooking circles, cast iron gets a bad rep – people think it''s old-fashioned, heavy, and hard to take care of. And really, how often do folks nowadays need to hitch up a mule and wagon and leave civilization and Teflon-coated sauté pans behind?

True, cast iron is old; it''s been around since the Middle Ages. And it is heavy. No one can dispute that even a small, cast-iron pot has a heft t...