This is my wok.

Technically, this is more than my wok. This is my Universal Cooking Vessel. The Bodum K0810-01 cast iron wok with glass lid. No longer available through Amazon, unless you live in the UK.

Cathy got this for me a couple of years ago after a friend of hers, another avid home cook, raved about it. And it's earned a near-permanent position on my stovetop ever since.

Why? Because I can cook pretty much any dish that doesn't require a flat surface in it. Stir-fries? That's a given. Curries? Absolutely. Taco fillings? In mass quantities.Meat and vegetables for pasta? Just did it last night.

With fourteen inches of cold, hard, cast iron (baby), it'll hold all the heat my crapass stove will put out, and hold all the food I dare dump into it. The lid, despite being ridiculously huge (you try storing a 14" diameter glass lid in an apartment kitchen - NOT EASY.), is a damned useful thing for long, slow simmers. There's also a wire rack for steaming, that I've used once. I'd rather steam in my rice cooker. Same amount of surface area as the rack, less likely to dump food into a cauldron of boiling water.

Lodge makes a very similar onein the same price range, though it appears to lack a lid. This one IS still available through Amazon. I'm sure it's very nice, But me, I love my Bodum, and end up using it a good two out of three times I cook. Which makes it a hell of a good value for the money.