'The Bachelor' Watching Party: Recipes for a California Cobb Salad and coconut cupcakes to get you in the mood for terrible awesome television.

Banana Cream Pie: A flaky golden brown crust cradles silky banana pudding, crowned with fluffy whipped cream.

Spicy Ginger And French Lentil Soup: Instead of getting all of its attack from chiles, most of the heat here comes from a mound of minced ginger.

Microwave Chocolate Cake in a Mug: Cooking for one? Give this teeny chocolate cake a try.

Ginger Drinks: Three simple cocktails to make with our new favorite ginger spirit, The King's Ginger.

Sweet and Sour Sauce: Re-create the Americanized Chinese classics of your childhood.