My grandmother’s cast-iron pans were a thing of dark beauty. Ink black, smooth as glass and obsidian shiny. She cared for them as any home cook would a treasured kitchen tool: Her cast iron was always ...

If you're out thrifting at vintage stores, there are plenty of kitchen items that are worth a purchase, but our expert has ...

Walk into any thrift store or estate sale and the kitchen aisle can feel like a jumble of chipped plates and orphaned lids.

Seventy-odd years ago, Barbara Elward jotted a recipe for bean-hole beans in her journal, noting adjustments for whichever cast-iron pot her husband, John, might bury in the ground atop a glowing bed ...

There's nothing more thrilling to collectors than finding a large set of their favorite vintage cookware, which is why many high-quality brands sometimes sell for a small fortune. While some go for ...

C.W. Welch, who goes by Butch — or, depending on how well you know him, Cee Dub — has made evangelizing camp cooking his life’s work. The former Idaho conservation officer has penned cookbooks, run a ...

Among collectors, conversations about cast iron have a way of getting sentimental, and they often land in the same place: craftsmanship. “Cast-iron pans used to be made by hand,” says Mary Theisen, an ...

Google, Amazon, Smithey Ironware — they all got their starts in garages, and all have a Charleston-area presence today. Isaac Morton, founder of Smithey Ironware, technically tinkered in his woodshed ...

When Ashley L. Jones received her first cast-iron Dutch oven from her mother-in-law more than a decade ago, she felt connected to a proud tradition of down-home cooking. It was the first major step in ...