In this premiere episode, Vivian explores America's love affair with cast iron skillets, from hunting vintage treasures with Warren Brothers at Copper Mill Mercantile in Kinston to visiting Charleston's Smithey Ironware Company to learn how modern cast iron and carbon steel cookware are crafted. Along the way, she debunks cleaning myths, whips up a skillet shakshuka in her church kitchen, and bakes a cornmeal blueberry coffee cake that bridges the traditions of cornbread and cobbler.
