In fact, some old cast iron skillets are apparently as collectible as rare and valuable Pokémon cards. Like old and valuable cookbooks (and maybe even the cookbook collector's holy grail), old ...

Now a regular at the monthly Antiques Faire, Affoumado has become a go-to Bay Area specialist in cookware restoration.

OSHU, Japan--Katsunori Suzuki is one of a few craftsmen in Japan still producing cast iron cookware by hand using laborious traditional techniques. The president of the 172-year-old foundry where ...