These kits are widely available at retailers like Amazon and Home Depot for under $20 each. The ginger jars themselves vary ...

Well, this is jarring. A ginger jar initially dismissed as “just another piece of blue-and-white pottery” turned out to be a 300-year-old Chinese treasure.. The 9-inch ceramic pot, which is ...

Roberto Lugo’s giant Chinese ginger jars are designed for people to see themselves in the artwork. (Peter Crimmins/WHYY) “I see the complexity, but I also see the wonder and the magic of Kensington,” ...

My refrigerator is a graveyard of half-used jars. Jams, condiments, spreads, pickles — you get the idea. Even so, there’s at least one personal favorite staple I like to keep around all the ...

Rotund Chinese ginger jars, with their distinctive, domed lids, made of glazed porcelain and hand painted, got their name from the stashes of ginger, which they carried for a Western market.

IF YOU GOWhere: Red Ginger Bistro, 1801 Dayton Blvd., Red BankPhone: 423-875-6480Hours: 11 a.m.-11 p.m. dailyPrice range: $1.50 (five types of soup and garden salad) to $15.95 (sushimi roll) Sushi ...

At Red's Chinese, Womack honors his mentor by serving Kung Pao Pastrami, a Mission Chinese staple. In New Orleans, however, Womack begins the dish with Louisiana's trinity of onions, celery and ...

He determined that the 9in ginger jar was a centuries-old Chinese treasure made during the reign of Emperor Kangxi, the fourth emperor of the Qing Dynasty who ruled China from 1662 to 1722. ...