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 Cantonese ...

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 ...

With just a little elbow grease, you can get your wok in tip-top shape for making stir-fries, fried rice and more.

Wok-style cooking requires quick heat adjustments, a hot center and cooler edges, a material where proteins can tumble and fry in a touch-and-go manner, and something light enough to lift and move.

Learn how to buy a wok, how to season a wok, and the best recipes to use to start cooking at home with a wok.

If you want a wok that's brimming with life, first you need to seal it and then you need to maintain it.