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If you’ve ever had a California roll, you’ve had nori. Now it’s time to learn what else you can do with this ubiquitous yet always overlooked paper-like ingredient made from seaweed. Nori — also called laver — is a somewhat generic name for a variety of seaweeds cultivated for use mostly in Japanese cooking. I say mostly because the same varieties are added to oatmeal in Ireland. But Americans know nori best as the paper-thin black wrapping used in sushi. It is produced by washing and chopping fresh seaweed to create a slurry. That mixture then is spread thin, dried,...

Ginger is a popular ingredient in cooking, and especially in Asian and Indian cuisine. It has also been used for thousands of years for medicinal purposes. Possible health benefits include relieving nausea, loss of appetite, motion sickness, and pain. The root or underground stem (rhizome) of the ginger plant can be consumed fresh, powdered, dried as a spice, in oil form, or as juice. Ginger is part of the Zingiberaceae family, alongside cardamom and turmeric. It is commonly produced in India, Jamaica, Fiji, Indonesia, and Australia. It is available fresh and dried, as ginger extract and ginger oil, and in...