• Decor

    How to Clean and Season Cast Iron

    Good ole cast iron. There real­ly is no oth­er way to cook and sea­son your food the old fash­ioned way. Grow­ing up I remem­ber mom say­ing the same thing. She had a col­lec­tion of cast iron from all over, and she still has my Grannie’s from years and years ago. I remem­ber cook­ing over an open fire while camp­ing. Home­made bis­cuits, in the cast iron, sausage, bacon, you name it.  It was­n’t until I start­ed cook­ing for my own fam­i­ly and using cast iron on the dai­ly, and crack­ing a beau­ti­ful Lodge skil­let, that I tru­ly under­stood the impor­tance of clean­ing…

  • DIY Projects

    How to Season Wooden Spoons

    Sea­son­ing wood is odd­ly sat­is­fy­ing to me.…I love see­ing the life come back in to the grains. With­out the oils, the woods tends to dry, crack and even­tu­al­ly break so it’s impor­tant to care for them prop­er­ly. I love the idea of keep­ing these around to pass down so keep­ing them nice and oiled is important. I use the same min­er­al oil/natural wax on all my kitchen woods. It’s nice and creamy with­out leav­ing a greasy feel to the touch. This will help them last longer and per­form bet­ter in the long run. Flax seed oil and olive oil will…