The knobby and gnarled ginger root thrives in hot, lush tropical regions. Known for emitting a sweetness balanced by high-note, almost electrical, spiciness, ginger provides a tasty complexity when added to food, and we’ve concentrated all of its vibrant flavor into this convenient powder. Sweets desserts and baked goods like gingerbread and cookies are classic favorites, but you can also add zest to meals by tossing ginger into peanut butter sauces for chicken or chutneys for beef. Use ginger on fish, in salads and steamed vegetables for a sweet kick.

Sweets desserts and baked goods like gingerbread and cookies are classic favorites for ground ginger, but you can also add zest to meals by tossing ginger into peanut butter sauces for chicken or chutneys for beef. Use ginger on fish, in salads and steamed vegetables for a sweet kick.

Fairway Marketplace is brought to you by Fairway Market, a specialty food chain that started back in 1933 with a small fruit and vegetable stand on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Today, Fairway Market is legendary for its experts and expertise in all things food, and a relentless obsession with quality throughout all of the different departments in its stores. In December of 2011, Fairway launched this online shop, so that we could bring the best of the best of what Fairway offers, at the same great values, to those who don’t live near one of our stores. Why keep all of this foodie goodness to ourselves? That simply would not be fair.