Made In The USA: Lodge Cast Iron

Success carries its own kind of burden. We are knock-knock-knocking on the door of two million visits here at Riverside Green, and we've had more than twenty thousand comments in the past thirty months. This is all great news. The problem occurs when you are looking for a particular needle in that comment haystack.

A few weeks ago, one of the commenters recommended some American-made cookware. I wanted to go back and feature that company, but I couldn't find the comment. I ended up calling up a list of American-made cookware manufacturers and searching the comments for the brand names until I came up with Nick D's comment regarding Vollrath. They make some awesome stuff in the literal sense that I am in awe of their pricing. Check it out. Be aware that not all of their brand lines are USA-made, but the high-end stuff definitely is.

Meanwhile, here at Schloss Baruth of the West (the Eastern one is here) we've just taken delivery of some Lodge iron pans. The verdict so far?

Unsurprisingly, Danger Girl is thrilled with them. They weren't terribly expensive and when the people at Lodge felt that they'd taken a little bit too long to ship one of the pans they sent us an apology card and a bottle opener. So give Lodge a look to see if you wouldn't be better off cooking with iron, why dontcha?