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 person holding a large wok filled with a dish that resembles stir fry - Hinterhaus Productions/Getty Images If you're like me, then the first time you heard about seasoning a wok, you thought it was ...

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 ...

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Give your wok a “facial” with salt and oil to help clean and condition it. Scott Suchman / The Washington Post Food writer Grace Young tells Washington Post’s Kristen Hartke about the basics of caring ...