I was in the presence of a wok doctor.
Award-winning cookbook author Grace Young was in Chapel Hill, N.C., promoting “Stir-Frying to the Sky’s Edge: The Ultimate Guide to Mastery, with Recipes and Stories,” in which she details common mistakes by home cooks who turn out gloppy braises in their woks, instead of crisp, intensely flavored...
Stir-fried lettuce may not seem like much, but the Cantonese term for lettuce, “sang choi,” sounds like the Chinese words for “growing fortune.” Expect to see this humble dish on many tables during this the Year of the Dragon, which started on Monday.
You can feel lucky year-round with greens cooked the Chinese way: fast, simply,...
The exotic flavors of Chinese five-spice powder delicately glaze the ingredients for this stir-fry. The spice is a pungent mixture of star anise, cinnamon, cloves, fennel seed and Szechwan peppercorns. It creates an intriguing flavor in many Chinese dishes. You can use it to add a new flavor to other rice or vegetable dishes.
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