"Look beyond the breakfast table for new ways to use this favorite pan. The skillet comes through for party food, simple weeknight dinners, healthy one-dish meals, fresh veggie sides, and desserts to die for"--Page 4 of cover.

"Discover a new world of cast-iron cooking. From Dan Shumski, who last applied his out-of-the-box food-loving sensibility to Will It Waffle?, here are 53 surprising, delicious, and ingenious recipes for the cast-iron skillet. Savor the simplicity of Toast with Olive Oil and Tomato, because you just can't achieve that perfect oil-toasted crust in a toaster. For Homemade Corn Tortillas, no special equipment required--use the pan to flatten and cook...

"A celebration of the cast-iron pan"--

Great American comfort food from the cast iron cooking masters! No one knows American cooking better than Lodge. For over a century, home cooks have used Lodge Cast Iron Cookware to make everything from cornbread and chili to fried chicken and apple pie. Whether you've cooked with Lodge pots and pans for years or have only just discovered these time- tested pieces, here you'll find the essential collection of cast iron recipes from Lodge and the chefs,...

If you love cakes, but get overwhelmed by the many steps involved in making them, then these 75 dump cake recipes are for you! All you need to do is preheat the oven; prepare a butter/sugar mixture in the bottom of your cast iron skillet; add a few goodies to a cake mix; "dump" it on top; and bake. In less than an hour, you simply invert the skillet and enjoy a delicious dessert-Chocolate Mint Cake, Killer Carrot Cake, Lemon Honey Cake, and Strawberry...

Liberating the skillet from commonplace fare, the author shares what he's learned from his travels and from cooks in more than thirty-five countries through more than one hundred recipes that will transform and expand use of this versatile piece of cookware.