It's a sushi platter staple: small, pink slivers of pickled ginger. Called gari in Japanese, the name is meant to mimic the sound of a knife cutting through ginger. Gari is a type of amazuzuke ...

When most people picture pickled ginger, what usually comes to mind is the palate-cleansing side dish that accompanies sushi and sashimi, or it summons certain dishes in the Chinese culinary ...