[chef] Is it possible to specify a gem to use within a recipe

[Clif Smith < >]

I'm using the Omnibus client (0.10.8) and can't use the route53 cookbook as 
the client uses an older version of fog (0.8.2) which throws "aws is not a 
recognized dns provider".  The fix is to use a newer version of fog 
(currently at 1.3.1) but how can I reference it in a recipe?  Is this the 
correct approach?