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March 17th, 2008 edition of The Daily Sauce: Food and Wine. Visit Our Food and Wine Archive.

Soda Bread Skillet

We think every holiday is an excuse to expand our cookware collection. So for St. Patrick’s Day, the logic goes something like this: Soda bread is the traditional bread of Ireland, and although we don’t have to bake it the traditional way, in a heavy iron skillet or Dutch oven, we’d really like to. And we think St. Patrick would like us to as well. (After all, the man is a saint.) So therefore, we need to treat ourselves to a new cast-iron skillet or Dutch oven. Because even though soda bread baked in a cake pan is good, there is nothing quite like the crunchy, crusty exterior – and dense, moist interior – of cast-iron cookware-baked soda bread. And after we’re done proving this culinary truth, maybe we’ll use our new cookware to prepare an Irish breakfast or a savory, slow-cooked Irish stew – with a side of soda bread, of course.

Sauce pick: Lodge Cast-Iron Cookware (You can also use cast-iron enamel cookware, like Le Creuset or a less expensive brand.)
Cost: Prices vary
Where to get it: Chain and independent cookware stores

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