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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 ...

Jet Tila gives us the six commandments of wok cooking. Jet recommends using a flat-bottomed carbon-steel wok. To season the wok heat it well, add kosher salt, rub the interior with the salt until the ...

These tools are helpful for stir-frying, steaming, deep-frying, braising, and more. If you ask a Chinese chef from the old guard what tools and accessories they’d consider essential for cooking with a ...

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