Most people associate wok cooking with meat and seafood dishes, but chef Marlisa Szwillus demonstrates that vegetables, noodles, grains, and even fruits also make wonderful ingredients for hearty and delicious wok-prepared meals. More than 50 recipes and 46 full-color photos inspire home chefs to bring new flavor combinations to such favorites as zucchini, artichoke hearts, tomatoes, broccoli, carrots, all kinds of greens, rice -- and just about everything else that is appropriate for meatless meals. Many recipes are supplemented with short, practical tips that will help the home cook get the dish precisely right. Gatefold endpapers supply useful information on wok techniques, cooking times for various foods, and food chopping methods.

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