While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
• A wok is a cooking pan that originated in China during the Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE).
• The wok’s round, wide base helps to cook food evenly.
• The wok’s high, angled sides help to contain oil splatters.
• Grace Young is a cook and culinary historian.
• Her book The Breath of a Wok (2004) traces the history of the wok.