When it comes to cooking at home, one of the biggest obstacles we all face is time—no one ever has enough of it. Even as a professionally trained cook who worked in restaurants and has a secret soft ...

Ginger is the star of countless savory and sweet dishes alike and that classic peppery-warm flavor that ginger is renowned for actually comes from a flowering plant’s rhizome (fun fact: it’s a ...

Have a recipe that calls for fresh ginger root? Before chopping, slicing or grating, the first step is to peel the thin skin. A paring knife or a vegetable peeler will do the job, but removes too much ...

When you’re looking for a punchy ingredient that brings wild brightness, heat, and aroma all its own, ginger is number one. Fresh ginger is a powerful ingredient that can transform soups, marinades, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Alie Ward and Georgia Hardstark, a.k.a. Alie & Georgia, host Cooking Channel food-travel series Tripping Out with Alie & Georgia. Visit PEOPLE.com every Thursday for their playful spins on celebrity ...