The Wok

12 Dishes You Should Beg Your Local Chinese Restaurant To Serve

If you're sick of General Tso's and crab rangoon, nudge your local Chinese joint to add these to the menu.

Why it’s OK to send restaurant food back

Are you really such a big deal? No. So stop worrying that you’ll make others feel awkward

What Is the Difference Between Chow Mein and Lo Mein?

If you’ve ever opened a box of Chinese take-out and it turns out to be not exactly what you ordered, you may have mixed up your meins. That’s right, there is a difference between these two popular Chinese dishes—however, the difference is probably not what you think. While it may be easy to assume that the type of noodles is what makes the dish difference, we all know what happens when you assume. Yes, you’re actually incorrect on this oneSo, if not…

China Is Building an Army of Noodle-Making Robots

In the face of rising labor costs, Chinese restaurateur Cui Runguan is selling thousands of robots that can hand slice noodles into a pot of boiling water called the Chef Cui. Runguan says in the...

What 8 Diet Experts Order at Chinese Restaurants

Put your takeout habit to work trimming your waist. Here's how diet experts do it.

11 Struggles All Hot Sauce Lovers Know

“Hold up, is it Indian food spicy, Thai food Spicy or Mexican food spicy?”

How To Stop Getting So Much Darn Plastic When You Order Takeout

Everything You Can Do With a Wok

A wok is one of the most versatile cooking vessels in the kitchen, and this list proves it.

What Size Wok Do I Need?

We make cast iron woks in 4 different sizes, and determining what size wok is right for you can be tricky. This guide will help you decide based on what you like to cook and how many people you need to feed.

Benefits Of Owning A Jade Wok Range

Using a Jade wok range to prepare Asian cuisine allows for customization, enhanced durability, quicker service, and can even help the environment.

I Hate Deep Frying. The Wok Changed My Mind.

Deep frying uses a lot of oil and can make a huge mess. Using a wok solves both those problems.

The Restaurant Essential That Beats All Your Tupperware

These chunky little containers are, hands down, the very best way to store large amounts of food at home.

The subtle science of wok tossing

Wok tossing is essential for making a good fried rice—or so claim a group of researchers presenting new work at the American Physical Society's Division of Fluid Dynamics 71st Annual Meeting, which will take place Nov. 18-20 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Wok Mon Converts Your Home Burner Into a Wok Range. For Real.

A couple months ago I was approached by Glen Lee, an inventor who claimed to have an ingenious new device for cooking on a wok at home. If it works the way he promised it would, it's going to revolutionize home wok cooking in the same way that the Baking Steel revolutionized home pizza-making. I played around with it a lot, measuring, tinkering, and generally cooking up a storm. I'm happy to report that this thing solves a problem I've been trying to…

Chow Mein vs. Lo Mein: What's the Real Difference Between Them?

When it comes to chow mein vs. low mein, the similar-looking dishes are popular in Chinese cuisine, but they are very different. Here's how.

What’s really in your Chinese ready meal?

Some Chinese ready meals have been found to have as much salt as 11 bags of crisps

Georgia Tech physicists unlock the secret to perfect wok-tossed fried rice

The trick is a timely combination of side-to-side and see-sawing motions.