Sushi Ginger

Young ginger—identifiable by its reddish-pink tips—is available in late spring and early summer in Asian markets and even some farmers’ markets now (i was excited to find it at a farmers’ market in Lincoln, Nebraska, of all places!). It’s the traditional ginger pickled for sushi, and it turns a pale pink as it floats in the rice vinegar—though not the hot pink of commercial bottled sushi ginger, which is usually tinted with dye. (Some storage, or older, ginger will blush in vinegar, but it’