{"id":678,"date":"2008-08-18T06:00:02","date_gmt":"2008-08-18T12:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=678"},"modified":"2008-10-01T09:29:21","modified_gmt":"2008-10-01T15:29:21","slug":"the-breath-of-a-wok-by-grace-young","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/the-breath-of-a-wok-by-grace-young\/","title":{"rendered":"The Breath of a Wok by Grace Young"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/breath-of-a-wok.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-679 alignleft\" title=\"breath-of-a-wok\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/breath-of-a-wok.jpg?resize=180%2C180&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/breath-of-a-wok.jpg?w=180&amp;ssl=1 180w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/breath-of-a-wok.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a>The &#8220;breath&#8221; of a wok is the steam that rises from a sizzling hot finished dish. This charming cookbook takes a slightly different approach to Chinese food by focusing on the wok and its recipes. In addition, there is a history of the wok and it&#8217;s importance (central to so much Chinese cooking), the construction and manufacture of woks and advice on buying and seasoning a wok.<\/p>\n<p>While many of the recipes are familiar, there is also a wide range of fresh ideas, gathered from a variety of people including chef Michael Yan, writer Amy Tan and Young&#8217;s own family, and range from beginner friendly to master lessons.<\/p>\n<p>Practical, smart and fun, <a href=\"http:\/\/216.125.140.44\/uhtbin\/cgisirsi\/x\/0\/0\/57\/5?searchdata1=ocm54001573&amp;user_id=davmainweb\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>The Breath of a Wok<\/strong><\/em> <\/a>will have you cooking confidently with a wok in no time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8220;breath&#8221; of a wok is the steam that rises from a sizzling hot finished dish. This charming cookbook takes a slightly different approach to Chinese food by focusing on the wok and its recipes. In addition, there is a history of the wok and it&#8217;s importance (central to so<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/the-breath-of-a-wok-by-grace-young\/\">[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[87,94,194,202],"class_list":["post-678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","tag-china","tag-cookbook","tag-food","tag-woks"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-aW","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1144,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678\/revisions\/1144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}