When it comes to cookware, carbon steel is king. Composed of roughly 99 percent iron and one percent carbon, it’s an incredibly durable material, one that heats up quickly and cooks food evenly.

I thought I left carbon steel behind when I closed the professional-line-cook chapter of my life and entered the baby-making and school-lunch-packing era. Back in the day, while cooking in restaurants ...

In this video, I discuss the various types of cooking pans, their materials, and how to clean each type. You'll learn about: ...

Cast iron skillets are prized for their high durability and excellent thermal retention properties. The trade off though is that cast iron is heavy compared with other materials like steel, aluminium ...

We have serious love for cast-iron skillets. But even though they’re durable and retain heat like a charm, they’re also ridiculously heavy, tough to maneuver and poor heat conductors, if they’re much ...

If you’ve been wanting to break out of your reliance on the typical cast iron and stainless steel cookware that’s making you yawn, give carbon steel a try. Commerce Director, Scouted Cast iron has ...

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Cast iron has been the gold standard of long-lasting cookware and stainless steel is known as the kitchen workhorse. But across the pond in France, a hybrid of both has taken hold in kitchens, and ...

When it comes to cookware, carbon steel is king. Composed of roughly 99 percent iron and one percent carbon, it’s an incredibly durable material, one that heats up quickly and cooks food evenly.