Curious what to order at a Chinese restaurant? A chef and restaurant owner explains the menu. (Photos: Katie Chin/Wok Star Chinese; designed by Areta Gjicali) For many, myself included, Chinese ...

Made from star anise, fennel seeds, cinnamon, Sichuan peppercorns, and cloves, this blend offers a balance of sweet, spicy, bitter, sour, and salty notes—the five core elements of Chinese cooking.

In the U.S., two Chinese restaurants have earned Michelin stars—one just last year.

Chinese cuisine, rich with history and tradition, is an intricate tapestry of flavours, techniques, and textures. The art of ...

Jet Tila gives us the six commandments of wok cooking. Jet recommends using a flat-bottomed carbon-steel wok. To season the wok heat it well, add kosher salt, rub the interior with the salt until the ...

Local author Betty Liu gives you basic techniques in ‘The Chinese Way,’ then you can adapt her recipes to suit your pantry. When Betty Liu’s mother was visiting her in Boston — Betty, a surgical ...

Why is it that no matter what you order from an American Chinese restaurant, from egg drop soup to fiery kung pao chicken, the texture is out of this world? More often than not, it’s thanks to one ...

Have you always wanted to learn to decorate a cake? Use a Chinese wok? Bake a pie? Iowa Culinary Institute is offering plenty of short classes this fall at Des Moines Area Community College's Ankeny ...