Cooking Well Starts with Observing Well—Part Two

What we can learn from J. Kenji López-Alt (Bonus: Velvet Chicken with Snap Peas and Lemon-Ginger Sauce from The Wok: Recipes and Techniques)

[If you have not read Part One, you should read it first; otherwise, what’s below is not going to make a lot of sense.]

I have known Kenji and been a fan of his work for over a decade. And like most people who respect him, I am in awe of his ability to define X in every context clearly, then take people from the point where they don't know how to cook X …