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, … 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!
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I really enjoyed this cookbook. The first part of the cookbook is full of helpful tips on buying Cast Iron and how to care for it. The directions are clear. Most of the recipes are quick and easy. There are some more involved recipes for more experienced cooks. There are not a lot of hard to find ingredients. I really liked the information on all the uses for the different types of cast iron pans. Each recipe includes a suggestion for the correct pan to use. I do wish there more illustrations. I have been using Lodge Cast Iron for many years and I am looking for word to trying out many of these recipes. Enjoy this delicious cookbook
Not Your Mother’s Cast Iron Skillet Cookbook
by Lucy Vaserfirer
Having spent the day reading and planning, what I will cook in a cast iron skillet from this cookbook. I can honestly say that this book is absolutely a fantastic read; with all the directions anyone cooking the recipes will need. Cast iron skillets are not dated and out-of-style, this heavy cookware is a joy use; Cast Iron cookware’s are surging back into popularity and it is virtually indestructible and can be used on your stovetop as well as your campfire. Many people think that cast iron only in cooking old southern dishes; but Ms. Vaserfirer has included dishes from all over the world. With more than 150 recipes for One-Pan Meals (breakfast, appetizers, main courses, side dishes, sauces, and desserts), that will attract almost everyone. The book even tells you how to make your own bacon and sausage! Also, how to roast coffee beans in cast iron.
The author Ms. Lucy Vaserfirer has comment in her book that Cast-Iron Skillets and Pans, need to be seasoned; for the best cooking. She has incorporated the history, as well as the pros and cons of using Cast Iron cookware. She has also encompassed the proper way of cleaning and caring for Cast Iron cookware with additional information on how to storage them after cooking.
As a Chef, I love to read and use cookbooks; I have 2 complete library shelves of cookbooks from all over the world and from numerous cooking groups. I love my Cast Iron cookware, all 4 of them (3 skillets and 1 Dutch-oven). I cook most of my food in cast iron skillets, so I was interested to see what this book had to offer.
After reading and testing some of the recipes, I am in love with Not Your Mother’s Cast Iron Skillet Cookbook, I am contemplating, cooking all the recipes in Not Your Mother’s Cast Iron Cookbook and putting my findings on a blog; in hope of helping others find out just how great it is to cook in Cast Iron cookware (and it is a great honor).
Highly recommend Not Your Mother’s Cast Iron Skillet Cookbook, the author writes with knowledge and know-how of using Cast Iron. I felt the need to give a truly non-biased review of this cookbook and feel that both the author Ms. Vaserfirer and the book Not Your Mother’s Cast Iron Skillet Cookbook are deserving of a full 5-star rating. I own a copy of it!
This book is great for a beginner and an advance cast-iron cook. The first part of the book introduces you to how to care and use your cast-iron then comes the great recipes from breakfast to dessert this cookbook will give you a recipe for every meal.
Let me just say the biscuit recipe alone is totally worth the Kindle price that is how amazing they were. I am not a newbie to cast-iron and have backed several different recipes of biscuits in my cast-iron but nothing like the amazing taste of these.
Recipes are easy to follow the only downside to the books was it just needed more pictures of the finished products.
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Campers and reenactors wake up! Get your cast iron skillets out of the camp boxes and learn how to use them all year round!
Whether or not you’ve used cast iron for cooking before you will find a lot to learn and apply to your daily cooking experience. The beginning of the book will acquaint the reader with terms and necessities before getting into the recipes, some of which are suitable for historical reenactments.
So whether you hope to learn more about cooking with cast iron in the oven, stovetop, grill, or ala 18th century, this book is the very thing!
I requested and received a free ebook copy from Quarto Publishing Group – Harvard Common Press via NetGalley.
This book offers plenty of tips and tricks, along with a bevy of recipes. There is a lot of info here that covers everything from care and cleaning of your cast iron cookware to tricks to get the best results. The book also has a large collection of recipes. Breakfast, main dishes, sauces, appetizers, side dishes and desserts are covered.
Not Your Mother’s Cast Iron Skillet Cookbook
More Than 150 Recipes for One-Pan Meals for Any Time of the Day
by Lucy Vaserfirer
My father had a six-inch cast iron skillet he fried eggs in almost every day. My mother had cast iron heart and cornbread pans as well as a waffle iron that I don’t remember her ever using. My daughter collects cast iron and I have one pan I bought on a whim, seasoned and use daily. I decided that this book might give me new ideas for the pan I have and guess what? It surely did! I knew that some of the recipes mentioned could be made in cast iron but the variety in this cookbook is impressive. Recipes include: breakfast, egg dishes, starters, snacks, main courses, side dishes, sweets, baked goods, spices and sauces. There are recipes to make your own chorizo and sausage and a whole lot more.
The first part of the book gives detailed instructions about how to buy, season and care for your cast iron. Sizes are mentioned and what they are best used for in cooking. I came away realizing that just about anything can be made in a cast iron pot or pan and that I would like to look for a few in smaller and larger sizes to add to my kitchen.
Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group – Harvard Common Press for the ARC ~ This is my honest review.
5 Stars