Corn-Mold Skillet Cornbread

When my grandmother passed, her two corn-mold skillets and one triangle loaf skillet were given to me. She made cornbread often and always used these pans. When I made it to the Top Chef finals, we were given two weeks to decompress from the first phase of competition in Kentucky and prepare for the next phase, which would take place in Macau, China. In that time, we also had to plan our finale meal in detail—in case we made it that far—down to the complete ingredient list. The only