When I was 11, my Irish American stepdad came home with a $10 wok and a used paperback Chinese cookbook. Chinese food was a treat reserved for the rare occasions when we ate out at local ...

Recently I brought home the new cookbook, “THE WOK-Recipes and Techniques,” by J. Kenji Lopez-Alt. Carol’s first reaction was, “another cookbook?” When I told her I would be wok cooking more in future ...

Chandra Ram led the digital food strategy for Food & Wine. She has more than 15 years of experience writing and editing food content and developing recipes. A former restaurant cook and server, she ...

After nearly 20 years, Eleanor Hoh’s Wok Star series remains strong. If you’ve never been, think of it as a masterclass in Asian stir-fry, where you’ll learn one-dish cooking techniques while sipping ...

Oh, you CIA graduates in your crisp white jackets, you’ll never know what it’s like to be Chef Zhou Guang Zan. Imagine standing over a jet engine as it blasts more than 30,000 BTUs. Your task is to ...

Brian is the author of two culinary based books published via his imprint Storkburger Press. A lifelong Californian, he has been consistently exposed to some of the best food in the world. With a deep ...

Jet Tila gives us the six commandments of wok cooking. Jet recommends using a flat-bottomed carbon-steel wok. To season the wok heat it well, add kosher salt, rub the interior with the salt until the ...

I love my induction cooktop but there's one major problem compared to gas grills: it can't do justice to traditional wok cooking. It didn't really ever occur to me that my wok would be an issue, but ...

For how incredible a wok is, it’s not very high on people’s list when stocking their pots and pans. Especially in the west, the pure bliss of cooking – not set-it-and-forget-it cooking, but active, ...

If anyone is stir-frying to the sky's edge, it's Grace Young. The author of the new guide to mastering stir-frying takes the title of her book from a Chinese expression, "One wok runs to the sky's ...