There are some cooking techniques that can be quite literally too hot for the kitchen. Take, for instance, traditional Asian-style stir fry carried out in a wok. To truly do this type of dish justice, ...

Home cooking with a wok is an exercise in disappointment: Your wimpy home range can’t muster the firepower of the volcanic wok range at your favorite takeout joint. Inventor Glen Lee wants to solve ...

Chef Kwok Keung Tung tosses the wok with one hand, using the other to stir with a metal spatula. Both hands occupied, he uses his knee to nudge the gas stove’s lever up and down to control the fire ...

The first thing you notice walking up to a dai pai dong, one of Hong Kong’s signature open-air street food stalls, is the smoke. Aromatic plumes billow out from aluminum-covered vent hoods as chefs ...

Wokmon funnels the flame from a gas burner, focusing the heat on the pan for better wok hei. By Florence Fabricant Glen Lee, an actor and inventor with a passion for cooking Chinese food, decided to ...

In Chinese cooking, achieving the elusive wok hei flavor can be challenging, especially for home cooks. It’s not a seasoning that comes in a bottle, and it can’t be extracted from a spice. Literally ...

Have you ever made stir fry at home and been mildly disappointed? You've tried to learn everything there is to know about woks, but there's clearly still something missing. That 'something missing' is ...

Chef Kwok Keung Tung tosses the wok with one hand, using the other to stir with a metal spatula. Both hands occupied, he uses his knee to nudge the gas stove’s lever up and down to control the fire ...