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 ...

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 ...

If you're like me, then the first time you heard about seasoning a wok, you thought it was an opportunity to make a trip to the cupboard and grab some of your favorite aromatic bagged spices and get ...

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 ...

As an American-born Chinese kid, I grew up with a wok at home. I knew the smell and the specific sound of a steel ladle clanging against the wok. But because I didn’t do much of the Chinese cooking, I ...