WHY CAST IRON? Cast Iron is a true equalizer of southern heritage. It lives as contentedly in the great antebellum mansions as it does in the trailer out on mama and daddy’s land (and every home in between). You would be hard pressed to find a southerner who doesn’t own a cast iron cornbread skillet or stand to inherit one someday. I personally feel a sense of “place” every time I use a piece of my (growing) collection. Many people dear to me have been nourished by these humble pieces of cookware – and that holds me near to my roots. Now my own children often help me cook with…