New books on cast-iron cooking

"Cast-Iron Gourmet," by Matt Pelton (Hobble Creek Press, $18.99)

"The Cast Iron Skillet Cookbook," 2nd edition, by Sharon Kramis and Julie Kramis Hearne (Sasquatch Books, $19.95)

"Lodge Cast Iron Nation," by editor Pam Hoenig (Oxmoor House, $24.95)

"The New Cast Iron Skillet Cookbook," by Ellen Brown (Sterling Epicure, $24.95)