So ideally, procure a carbon steel version of the pan ... and you're ready for a long and delicious future with your wok. Seasoning and using a wok alters its composition. Tiny molecular drops ...

She eventually went on a quest to determine the best way to season a wok, devoting an entire chapter to it in her 2004 book, “The Breath of a Wok.” So when I purchased a carbon steel wok last ...