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Priyanka Shahane is a writer for Food & Wine, specializing in kitchenware product reviews. She has over 12 years of experience writing and editing, plus over 20 years of cooking and baking experience.

Cast-iron skillets can do a lot. Often considered the silent but strong type, the storied builds are consistently reliable. If you’re a cast-iron novice, you might head into this thinking the heavy ...

A pile of various cast iron skillets partially propped on each other - Michael C. Gray/Shutterstock Before aluminum cookware arrived in the early 1900s, cast iron was the most used material because of ...

Cast iron should, conceivably, last a lifetime with a little care and proper seasoning. While new cookware drops bring extra pizzazz, a reliable cast iron skillet is the silent workhorse in your ...