Iron & Fire: A Cast Iron Cookbook

One pan. High heat. Food that does not quit. A good cast iron skillet costs less than one dinner out and will still be cooking perfect cornbread for your grandkids. In Iron & Fire, Dr. Christopher D. Pritchard, D.D. shares 50 recipes built for the skillet — steaks with a crust you can hear, crispy-skinned chicken, skillet cornbread, flatbreads, cobblers, and more — plus a plain-spoken guide to seasoning and caring for your pan so it never scares you again.

Chris learned cast iron the way he writes: by making every mistake first, then figuring out what actually works. No preciousness, no complicated rules — just real food, real technique, and instructions that work in a real kitchen on a real Tuesday night. If you have got a skillet gathering dust, this book is how it earns its keep.