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The most strenuous thing about the recipe — and by “strenuous” I mean mildly time-consuming — was peeling and microplaning fresh ginger, because I am a ginger freak and thus always use at least twice the amount called for.

From Eater

The duck bone broth, paired with thin rice noodles and crisp with scallions, fairly hums with ginger.

Now there’s a ginger-ale version too, not that anyone asked for it.

From Time

Some studies show that ginger can have a therapeutic effect on nausea, though whether it brings significant or mild relief varies from person to person.

There’s the basic categories you’d expect in a holiday cookie list — a linzer, a bar cookie, a ginger cookie — but all with a twist of some sort.

From Eater

“I would recommend ginger tea first thing in the morning as a great way to ward off an upset stomach,” says White.

Ginger discrimination—particularly among boys—is a real problem, says artist Thomas Knights.

The teasing is so common that is has been accepted as “the standard ginger bullying” by those who Knights has encountered.

The names continue to pour in: Rihanna, Scarlett Johansson, and Rose McGowan—even though their ginger locks were only temporary.

He finally felt comfortable enough to embrace his ginger roots.

Inside were twelve ginger cookies with scalloped edges, smelling faintly of cinnamon and sugar.

You've done a big thing to-day, and if you hadn't had more pluck and ginger than common, it's a cinch you'd have lost out.

Ginger-beer could also be procured, and there were suspicions that the bottles so called contained something contraband.

Cinnamon Fly,—feather from Landrail,—orange and straw coloured silk for body,—ginger hackle for legs.

The little bantam can crow quicker, oftener and with more ginger than any other rooster on the place.

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On this page you'll find 46 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to ginger, such as: air, animation, ardor, backbone, boldness, and bounce.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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