Ellen Brown gives you 150 new ideas for cast-iron cooking in The New Cast Iron Skillet Cookbook. She details the maintenance of old-fashioned skillets and tells the history of cast iron. The cast-iron skillet can handle cooking tasks perfectly and moves seamlessly from the stovetop to the oven. Recipes include breakfast, snack and dinner items with detailed directions to smooth the way to easy cooking with this time-tested cookware. 272 pages. Hardcover. Cancer and Reproductive Harm- www.P65Warnings.ca.gov. Type: Cooking & Food Processing Books.