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 ...

A chef using a wok to cook a stir-fry tosses the contents in the air - Simonkr/Getty Images Getting a new wok is an exciting moment in a home cook's life, because it either means you're expanding your ...

Got the stir-fry stupids? So do we all, at one time or another. As in: What types of meat are best? How long do I really need to marinate? When exactly do I need to add the sauce? What happens when ...

Ok, so I have messed up another nonstick skillet. It seems that the surface coating never lasted more than a week. I am using wooden spatula and cleaned it with the soft side of the sponge. Yet ...

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 ...

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 ...

Stir-fry and salsa aren’t traditional companions on the plate, but that doesn’t mean there can’t be a little common ground. As a wok cooking teacher, I’m constantly looking for new ways to use my wok, ...

Getting a new wok is an exciting moment in a home cook's life, because it either means you're expanding your culinary tools of the trade, or you've used your old one until it can no longer do its job ...