The WOK, Recipes and Techniques by J. Kenji Lopez-Alt

The wok is a tremendously versatile cooking tool, and J. Kenji López-Alt has written the book to prove it.

This gorgeous and exhaustive book is more than a collection of recipes—though the 200+ that it includes are delicious and diverse. It is a deep dive into everything the wok is capable of doing and how it works in the cuisines that use it. Kenji includes valuable knife-skills and a section on pantry ingredients to help demystify many of the non-western ingredients.

The Wok is an essential book for any cook that wants to expand their repertoire and their understanding of one of the world's great cooking tools.