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In-Depth Product Review: Lodge 12-inch Cast-Iron Skillet 10SK L10SK3ASHH41B

Lodge 12-inch Cast-Iron Skillet 10SK L10SK3ASHH41B
Lodge 12-inch Cast-Iron Skillet 10SK L10SK3ASHH41B

THE COMPANY

There used to be many American cast iron manufacturers from the 1800s and 1900s, but Lodge Manufacturing is the only survivor, making it something of a hometown favorite, or home-country favorite, if you will. The company originated with Joseph Lodge and is still a private, family company to this day. Its main foundry is still in the original town of South Pittsburg, Tennessee, where bare cast iron cookware is made. Lodge’s enamel-coated cast iron cookware is made in China.

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In-Depth Book Review: The Cancer-Fighting Kitchen: Nourishing, Big-Flavor Recipes for Cancer Treatment and Recovery (Cookbook by Rebecca Katz)

This post-in-progress is going to be an ongoing review of Rebecca Katz’s cookbook, The Cancer-Fighting Kitchen: Nourishing, Big-Flavor Recipes for Cancer Treatment and Recovery, where I make various recipes from the cookbook. I’ll write a conclusion after I have made enough recipes from her book to feel confident in appraising it as a whole.

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In-Depth Product Review: The 12 Inch Green Earth Frying Pan by Ozeri, with Textured Ceramic Non-Stick Coating from Germany (100% PTFE and PFOA Free nonstick)

Ozeri 12 Inch Green Earth Frying Pan
Ozeri 12 Inch Green Earth Frying Pan

THE COMPANY

Ozeri is a brand affiliated with Commonpath LLC, a Ventura, California company that imports household goods from overseas and has existed since at least 2009. The company is supposed to have gotten its start by supplying timeshare residences.1

THE PRODUCT BEING REVIEWED

Today, we’re reviewing the 12 Inch Green Earth Frying Pan with Textured Ceramic Non-Stick Coating from Germany (100% PTFE and PFOA Free) model number ZP1-30, though it is applicable to other pieces in the product line. (Ozeri also offers a less-popular smooth version with a less-ergonomic handle that doesn’t seem to perform any better, but won’t give you slight hexagonal impressions on your pancakes.)

I was pleasantly surprised by the Ozeri Green Earth ZP1-30 pan. There are a lot of small companies that import garbage made in China, with little concern for quality or durability. Ozeri seems to pay a little more attention, and we’ll see why, below.

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In-Depth Product Review: Cristel Casteline Frying Pan Skillet or Paella Pan

Cristel Casteline 32 cm frying pan skillet
Cristel Casteline 32 cm frying pan skillet

THE COMPANY

Cristel (pronounced kriss-TELL) traces its lineage to the Japy (pronounced like zyeah-PEE) company of France, a major manufacturer of domestic goods such as kitchenware and watches.1

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  1. The Japy family hailed from the village of Beaucort in eastern France, at the edge of the Alsace region which has been an industrial powerhouse for centuries, owing to its mineral wealth of iron and coal. The French ironware manufacturer Staub and French cookware maker de Buyer also hail from that part of France.

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In-Depth Product Review: KitchenAid Tri-Ply Copper 12 inch (30 cm) frying pan skillet (Kitchen Aid)

 

KitchenAid Tri-Ply Copper 30 cm frying pan skillet
KitchenAid Tri-Ply Copper 30 cm frying pan skillet

NOTE: This product line was discontinued many years ago.
THE COMPANY

In 1897, Clarence Charles Hobart started the Hobart Electric Manufacturing Company (Troy, Ohio). The company sold motorized coffee mills, meat grinders, and (starting in 1908) stand mixers for commercial bakeries.

In 1919, after World War I, Hobart formed the KitchenAid division, which produced smaller-scale stand mixers for residential customers. Hobart continued to sell non-residential products under the Hobart brand. The overall company remained profitable and independent for decades, occasionally adding new product lines to the KitchenAid brand, such as dishwashers.

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