The Breath of a Wok
Book description
Award-winning author Grace Young celebrates and demystifies the art of wok cooking for the Western home cook.
When Grace Young was a child, her father instilled in her a lasting appreciation of wok hay, the highly prized but elusive taste that food achieves when properly stir-fried in a wok. As…
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1 author picked The Breath of a Wok as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
An intimate and unique celebration of Chinese culture and food, expounded through an in-depth contemplation of the wok, one of the world’s most versatile cooking tools. Young teaches us how to choose a wok, how to care for it, and how to use it in myriad ways, not just for stir fry.
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