Cast-iron skillets have a certain reputation. They are the heavy, dark, and mysterious pans that get passed down through ...

A cast-iron pan is forged in the flames of a volcano, by the mighty god Hephaestus. When the pan is the color of obsidian, and its weight equals that of a mountain, it is carefully placed in a ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The god Pan of Greek and Roman mythology was a satyr — half man, half goat — who made his home in ...