My first cast iron skillet

Lately, I’ve been considering picking up a new cast iron skillet for cooking. There’s a few reasons that have made me interested in owning one. Their durability, versatility, and even potential health benefits (source of iron!). I stumbled across an article on Lifehacker recently, talking about properly seasoning your skillet. This made me even more interested!

Earlier today, we stopped by a local hardware store and picked up a 12″ skillet.

Just purchased my first iron skillet!

Of course, we had to immediately break it in! So we cooked a 5-spice apple stir fry. It was a complete success.

Breaking in the skillet

Here’s to even more cooking adventures with our new cooking tool. I’m excited to try and make a deep dish pizza with it!

New York City bound!

From the top of Rockefellar Center

Off to New York City this week to help out with gdgt’s east coast launch party on Thursday. It’s been awhile since I’ve been to NYC (last visit was in 2007) and I’m looking forward to it. Unfortunately, there will be little time to play this time.

Weather is supposed to be good though!

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And apparently, I do need to make time to check out Shake Shack. Their burgers are supposed to be pretty good.