Food of the Day *Ginger*

Ginger or ginger root is the rhizome of the plant Zingiber officinale, consumed as a delicacy, medicine, or spice. It lends its name to its genus and family (Zingiberaceae). Other notable members of this plant family are turmeric, cardamom, and galangal. The distantly related dicots in the Asarumgenus have the common name wild ginger because of their similar taste.

Ginger cultivation began in South Asia and has since spread to East Africa and the Caribbean.^[2]