The cast iron skillet is the ultimate cook’s tool. For cooking the perfect steak or handling a fillet of wild salmon, it’s sublime. For roasting vegetables it makes the seamless transition from stovetop to oven to table. Upside-down cakes and other sweet treats just turn out better in cast iron. Following up their successful Cast Iron Skillet Cookbook (2004), Sharon Kramis and Julie Kramis Hearne bring a whole world of spices, herbs, and preparations to their new cookbook that’s all about big flavors. Here are spice rubs, new ingredient combinations, and a few kitchen tricks to spice up anyone’s cooking repertoire. Here is possibly the best steak in the world—a seared rib-eye with truffle butter and smoked blue cheese; a wonderful tamarind glazed crab, sizzling shrimp with smoked paprika; caramelized fennel, shallot and pear tart; and a spicy raw apple cake that plays up the best of the fall harvest. The recipes from these authors are sophisticated but easy, not fussy. They work, and the results are delicious. This is home cooking at its best.

Learn how to season cast iron, clean cast iron, and cook 95 tantalizing recipes in your cast iron skillet. Now with full-color photography throughout, this cookbook aims to show modern cooks how this inexpensive cast iron tool is the best pan in their kitchen. Fusing new and traditional recipes and gathering farm-fresh produce and ingredients, mother-daughter team Sharon Kramis and Julie Kramis Hearne show cooks how to make delicious food in this versatile skillet. Recipes include: Dungeness Crab Cakes with Tarragon Aioli; Dutch Baby (puffed pancake with lemon and powdered sugar); Grilled Prosciutto-Wrapped Radicchio; and Warm Pear Upside Down Cake. This collection of recipes invites all cooks to get reacquainted with the original gourmet cooking tool.

Warm, crumbly cornbread. Chicken sizzling in the pan. Childhood memories filled with delicious, home-cooked dishes and your family there to enjoy it with you. Cast iron's popularity faded in the '70s—replaced by chemically processed cookware—but today's cooks are reigniting a passion for wholesome cast-iron-cooked meals. This ain't your grandma's kitchen—caring for and cooking with cast iron is easy, healthy, and totally Pinterest worthy. In Modern Cast Iron, self-proclaimed cast-iron connoisseur Ashley L. Jones recaptures the ease and joy of cooking with cast-iron cookware. Jones introduces readers to the best brands and types of cast-iron cookware to fulfill any cook's needs. She offers detailed tips and tricks for rescuing old, rusted pans and keeping them properly seasoned, and she shares recommendations for the best cooking oil for every recipe. With Jones's help, both experienced and beginner cooks will be able to rival grandma's cooking. Chock-full of stories from Jones's own childhood growing up with cast-iron meals, as well as recipe after tantalizing recipe—from breakfast quiche to gluten-free meals and beautiful blueberry cobbler—Modern Cast Iron explores the countless ways that cast iron benefits health and happiness. A comprehensive guide to all things cast iron and home-style cookin', Modern Cast Iron offers a new way for cooks to spice up the kitchen using all-natural tools and ingredients.

The cast-iron renaissance is heating up, and Not Your Mother's Cast Iron Skillet Cookbook is here to show you how to make the most of these great pans, with recipes for a contemporary palate! Today's cooks are realizing that their mother had the method right when she cooked with the big cast iron skillet. Cast iron has the incredible ability to spread heat quickly and evenly to create a crispy, seared surface that locks in freshness and flavor. In Not Your Mother's Cast Iron Skillet Cookbook, Author Lucy Vaserfirer brings cast iron cooking completely up to date. She shows you how to work magic on cast iron with more than 150 recipes that are definitely not the kind of fare your mother cooked up. You'll learn how to cook up vegetables, which are especially flavorful when cooked on cast iron; see how cast iron is the perfect vessel for cooking all types of fish and shellfish; learn how to sear meats to perfection; and even learn how you can use your skillet for baking. Not Your Mother's Cast Iron Skillet Cookbook is loaded with inventive and tested-to-perfection recipes, including: breakfasts; appetizers and small bites; steaks, roast, and chops; chicken and turkey; fish and seafood; veggie main courses and sides; bread and quickbreads; and cakes, pies, and other desserts. And if you're new to cast iron, don't worry, because this cookbook includes all the details on how to choose, season, cook, and clean your skillet. You'll even learn how to revive an older cast iron pan, and you'll get useful ideas for using your skillet not just to cook on but also as a serving vessel. Not Your Mother's Cast Iron Skillet Cookbook proves that just because your mother swore by her cast iron doesn't mean the food you cook on it needs to be boring!

Cast-iron cooking is all the rage, and Taste of Home is on top of the trend with a fantastic new cookbook—Ultimate Skillet Cookbok! Meals don’t get much simpler than whipping up dish on the stovetop, and this brand new cookbook offers ideal skillet dishes for all occasions any time of year. Family cooks from coast to coast are sure to turn to this colorful new collection for weeknight dinner solutions as well weekend party favorites—all easily made in on the stovetop. Cast-iron fans will enjoy a bonus chapter of campfire classics perfect for outdoor dining, and busy moms will rely on a special section featuring 30 classic skillet dishes, each table-ready in just half an hour. In addition, two At-a-Glance Icons make the most of kitchen time and truly capture buyers’ interest, and more than 200 color photos help Ultimate Skillet Cookbook standout on the shelves. From cast-iron classics to weeknight lifesavers, the 325 recipes in Taste of Home Ultimate Skillet Cookbook promise to make life easier and tastier! CHAPTERS: Skillet Basics, Pros and cons of different skillets, Buying and caring for iron skillets, Oven-proof skillets, 30 in 30, Skillet Appetizers and Snacks, Sizzling Side Dishes, Beef and Ground Beef, Chicken and Turkey, Pork, Ham and Sausage, Fish, Seafood and Meatless, Skillet Sweets BONUS: Campfire Favorites Recipes Included: Stuffed French Toast, Spicy Taco Bites, Sweet Potato Pancakes, Bacon-Wrapped Tenderloin, Skillet Lasagna, 10-Minute Stir-Fry, Lamb with Spring Vegetables, Herbed Pork Medallions, Pumpkin Sloppy Joes, Campfire Perch, Blueberry Buckle, Caramel Banana Dessert, and S’mores Cake

Timeless and Convenient Cast Iron Skillet Recipes...Easy to Prepare One-pot Dinners, so good you will want to make them again and again! ***LARGE PRINT EDITION*** Have you been looking for the perfect way to simplify meals and your time spent in the kitchen, without succumbing to prepackaged foods and overcomplicated menu plans? It often seems that the most effective approach is one that has been in front of us all along, in this case, that approach is cast iron cooking. Cast iron is durable, versatile and has proved itself over centuries of use in the kitchen and at the campsite. Now, you can take advantage of this timeless and versatile method of cooking to make your culinary creations more enjoyable, not only in taste but in the preparation as well. With a cast iron skillet, you can not only prepare an endless range of dishes; you can create an entire meal in just one pan. The features of cast iron that make it unique also make it the perfect vehicle for taking meals that normally require several pans and bringing them together in beautiful, harmonious flavor in just one skillet. This book shows you just how easy one-dish cast iron skillet cooking can be and how even with simple preparations, you can enhance and layer flavors in dishes both classic and new. Along with the recipes in this book, there is practical advice for taking care of and using your cast iron skillet. If you have felt intimidated by cast iron cooking in the past, now is the time to shed your inhibitions and learn how just one piece of cast iron equipment can add pleasure and flavor to every meal. Inside find: Tips to cook with cast iron cookwares. 2 methods to season your cast iron cookwares. How to care and use your cast iron skillets. Delectable chicken recipes like the Sage Roasted Chicken. Melt in your mouth beef dish like the Creamy Basil Flank Steak. So easy to make pork recipes like Easy Sweet Pea and Pork Casserole. Favorite Fish and Seafood dinners like the Shrimp and Chorizo Paella. Your new go-to vegetarian recipes like the Root Vegetable Pot Pie. Let's start cooking! Scroll back up and order your copy today!

"Sharon Kramis has the very rare gift for making any dish she cooks sparkle. ... Follow these recipes and be prepared for applause when you serve them." —Marion Cunningham, author of The Fannie Farmer Cookbook This warmhearted cookbook features 95 delicious recipes that prove why the cast iron skillet truly is the best pan in your kitchen. Featuring both new and classic recipes, mother-daughter team Sharon Kramis and Julie Kramis Hearne will show you how to make delicious meals every day of the week in this versatile skillet. This is simple and delicious comfort food, done well with recipes for breakfast, brunch, side dishes, main dishes, and desserts. Recipes include: * Dutch Baby (puffed pancake with lemon and powdered sugar) * Brown Sugar and Blueberry Coffee Cake * Pecan Sticky Buns * Rosemary Crusted Rack of Lamb * Braised Spareribs in Merlot Sauce * Open-Face Sloppy Joes * Skilled-Roasted Chicken with Rosemary, Garlic, and Maple-Balsamic Glaze * Warm Pear Upside Down Cake * Old-Fashioned Peach Dumplings with Nutmeg Cream The Cast Iron Skillet Cookbook also includes tips on how to season and care for your black skillet so it lasts a lifetime. Filled with color photographs and easy one-pan recipes, this cookbook will make new family favorites of all the delicious meals you make in your cast-iron pan.