Antique and vintage cast-iron cookware were hand-poured into sand ... She is perfectly happy to leave all that behind to be a full-time kitchen-gear nerd. Michael Sullivan has been a staff writer ...

But those bygone brands (Wagner shuttered in 1952 and Griswold closed up shop in 1957, right around the time Teflon was popularized), along with most antique cast-iron cookware, have grown ...

Observe the fascinating restoration of a vintage cast iron press, once used to extract meat juice or "meat tea"—a nutritious broth believed to aid those suffering from digestive issues ...