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 ...

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 ...

Discada. Cowboy wok. Disco. Gwok. Plow disc cooker. Cajun wok. Disc grill. Outdoor wok. Disc. Familiar with any of these names? If not, don’t sweat it. Until recently, I was one of many outdoor ...

If you love cooking outdoors, you're spoiled for choice these days. There are gas grills, wood pellet smokers and egg-shaped ceramic barbecues. Even outdoor pizza ovens are becoming almost as ...

When you think of a wok, you might imagine a large, dark bowl engulfed in flames—and while that's not wrong by any means, it's far from a complete picture of this efficient cookware. Woks aren't used ...

I made stir-fries and fried rice on gas, electric and induction stoves to see which wok worked best. Plus, why you should skip nonstick. A traditional Chinese wok is a bowl-shaped pan that’s ...

In a restaurant kitchen, it’s all about economy of motion on the line — whether chopping an onion or giving an insouciant flick of a sauté pan to give the ingredients a parabolic toss, cooks are ...