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 ...

Cooking food with an Asian-style wok is a healthy alternative to using a traditional frying pan. The wok is a beautifully constructed and versatile piece of cookware that should have a place in every ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 was in the presence of a wok doctor. Award-winning cookbook author Grace Young was in Chapel Hill, N.C., promoting “Stir-Frying to the Sky's Edge: The Ultimate Guide to Mastery, with Recipes and ...

When it comes to versatile cooking, the best woks are game changers in the kitchen. These conical vessels are renowned for being superb for stir frying, but this resourceful pan can do so much more ...

I’ve owned several woks, but never got into the habit of using them. My first was aluminum and came as part of a cheap boxed set — with a pair of long chopsticks and a half-moon frying rack. It ...