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    Cook it in CAST IRON

    Nov 08, 2019 3 minutes
    Article and photographs by Dawn Marie Crocker

    Cast-iron cookware is, in my own opinion, the secret “ingredient” to great-tasting food. I cook and bake exclusively with cast-iron, and whether it’s golden French toast or perfect pan-fried steaks, I always reach for one of my more than 50 pieces of vintage and modern cast-iron cookware.

    I scout out discarded and abandoned pieces of cast-iron cookware at yard sales and auctions. A 100-year-old rusty Griswold muffin pan came home with me for a

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