This easy ginger syrup comes together with two pantry staples and will transform almost any drink into something special. The part we eat is the rhizome of the flowering ginger plant, or it's root ...

1 inch by 1 inch piece of washed and unpeeled fresh ginger Instructions: Put chopped ginger, sugar and cups water in a saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat. Decrease the heat and simmer, ...

Steeping chiles and fresh ginger slices in basic simple syrup infuses it with a kick ideal for the holidays. You can add more of one or the other if you’d like more warm gingery heat or chile spice.

Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of food journalism experience, and a deep love for mayonnaise and MSG. Cocktail syrup is very easy—some would say ...

This gingered winter fruit salad is a bright, fresh counterpoint to heavier seasonal dishes, combining citrus, pears, kiwi and pomegranate with a light maple and fresh ginger syrup. It hits a nice ...

*How to make the mulling spice syrup: In a large saucepan toast 8 cinnamon sticks 2 T whole cloves 2 tsp. green cardamom pods, cracked 2 whole nutmegs cracked into small pieces Add 16 oz water and ...

Makes about 2 cups. Recipe is from “Shake, Stir, Pour: Fresh Homegrown Cocktails” by Katie M. Loeb (Quarry Books, 2012). Loeb says in the recipe’s introduction that ginger is “incredibly popular as a ...

Tofu gets a bum rap. Some people dismiss it as health food for vegans and hippies. Others think that it’s just a jiggly white brick with no flavor. That may be because people think of tofu only as the ...