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 ...

Although you can produce a jim-dandy stir-fry in a regular saute pan, there’s nothing like the rounded bowl of a proper wok to facilitate that way-cool, arcing vegetable toss. Plus, cooking implements ...

Wok cooking in action, with ingredients being tossed and smoke rising from the wok. - Simonkr/Getty Images Admittedly, cooking with a properly seasoned wok can have a slight learning curve. Something ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

How do I love my induction cooktop? Let me count the ways. It offers energy efficiency, enhanced safety and a sleek minimalist finish that I find easy to keep clean. But with the switch to induction ...

We tested 16 woks to find the best ones for both tumble and toss wok cooking. The best wok we tested is the Zwilling Forte Wok because the comfortable handle, high walls, and heat retention made it ...

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 ...