The timing couldn’t have been better: I bought a ginger grater a few days before BonAppétit.com posted 31 recipes that called for minced or grated ginger—all of which I wanted to make. And, as much as ...

Have you ever tried to add fresh ginger to a recipe, only to be frustrated by how fibrous the little root can be? Grate it with a rasp or cheese grater, and it seems half the root is nothing more than ...

Fresh gingerroot came on the scene with the Oriental cooking craze. We learned to identify and anticipate its fresh, pungent flavor in Chinese stir- frys and Japanese marinades. But ginger was not ...

The trick to extracting juice from fresh ginger is to use a grater. That will break down the fibers enough to get plenty of juice. There are several kinds of ginger graters, from ceramic ones to a ...

Let's say you're cooking up a recipe that calls for just a few teaspoons of fresh ginger, and there's none in the house. Seems logical to just reach for the dried stuff, right? Wrong! That would be a ...

Chinese ginger pudding has a custard-like texture, but it's not really a custard because it doesn't contain egg. Instead, it "sets" because the ginger juice coagulates the milk into a delicate, wobbly ...

Have you ever tried to add fresh ginger to a recipe, only to be frustrated by how fibrous the little root can be? Grate it with a rasp or cheese grater, and it seems half the root is nothing more than ...