You know ginger as the all-important ingredient for holiday season cookies, but this spice can do so much more. It adds warmth to curries and zing to dressings. It perks up salad bowls and gives ...

Ginger is a root that has both medicinal and culinary applications. Medicinally, it has anti-inflammatory properties that support good health. It contains compounds that fight both bacterial and viral ...

Drinking ginger tea is an excellent way to boost your immune system, especially if you are sick. Use this to soothe anyone suffering from the flu or a cold, or an upset stomach. When my family doesn’t ...

While reading a British baking book, I recently came across an ingredient I was not familiar with: stem ginger in syrup. A quick internet search informed me stem ginger in syrup is basically chunks of ...

Fresh ginger is small and humble, but what it lacks in appearance and grandeur, it makes up for in personality. A little of this homely root goes a long way. (Scientifically, it is a rhizome, or an ...

People have been eating it for thousands of years, yet still no one can tell me why it should be peeled. So I don’t, and neither should you. “It” being fresh ginger, the gnarly brown root that lives ...

Dear Lisa: I have a recipe that calls for using fresh ginger. What should I look for in the grocery store? How do I use it? -- Cynthia T., College Station Dear Cynthia: You can find fresh ginger near ...