To die for.
Holiday
1 Mid-Century Modern Gingerbread House
food challenge
2 Gingerbread House Challenge — Submissions Due Dec. 18
Tips
3 Yummy Link: Gingerbread House Making Tips
Holiday
4 The Lagito Cabin Gingerbread House
recipes
5 52 Weeks of Baking: Gingerbread
Poll
6 Which Gingerbread House Do You Prefer?
Holiday
7 Here Comes the Neighborhood! (Part 2)
Holiday
8 Have You Ever Made a Gingerbread House?
For the love of gingerbread! Gathering around the table with sheets of gingerbread and bowls of candy is an annual tradition in many families. But for those with food allergies, it can be just another activity they need to sit out of for fear of going into anaphylactic shock. Unless of course, you purchase a safe kit! A&J Bakery, a Rhode Island-based nut and gluten-free bakery that ships Read more
This Victorian home in Bouldin Creek, TX, one of Austin's oldest neighborhoods, is what you might call a gingerbread house: dripping with candylike ornate moldings and a very decorative picket fence, its style is straight out of a fairytale book. I love it, and I'd kill to live in it. That gorgeous front porch alone had me sold! But architecture this elaborate certainly doesn't please everyone's Read more
I've been wondering how many of you, in the spirit of the season, have made a gingerbread house before. Although last year my labor of love was a mid-century modern gingerbread home, this year I won't be making one — I'm thinking of making a bûche de Noël instead! Are you making one? Have You Ever Made a Gingerbread House? Yes, I'm making one this year! Yes, I've made one Read more
One of my eco heroes, Michelle Kaufmann is sponsoring a Green Guru Gingerbread Challenge. You have two more days to enter the contest, and I know that CasaSugar readers are a creative bunch, so I thought you should rally to make your own design! Check out this house, for example, which is powered by chocolate solar panels and features clerestory windows, a deep roof overhang, low-E glazed Read more
You know that I'm a fan of green building, and that means my enthusiasm also extends to the world of gingerbread houses. Are you a fan of eco-oriented gingerbread houses? Or do you prefer the traditional models? Nancy Wegard for The New York Times Love It or Hate It? Eco Gingerbread House Love it Hate it Undecided Read more
When we asked for your own gingerbread-house creations, I was surprised by the number of entries. There were 30 of them, and each one is fantastic! If you missed it, we posted the first fifteen entries this morning, but now it's time for the next fifteen! This set covers everything from a beach hut to a concert stage, including a replica Snoopy dog house! To check out the neighborhood, read Read more
We're having a gingerbread house contest at Sugarland, and I planned on building one with the usual supplies, but changed my mind and decided to go another route after considering the time and effort that goes into making a cookie house. I've seen the great felt kits from Twinkle Kids that you can order for $55, but it was too late to order one so I improvised. Rather than waiting for pre–cut Read more
CasaSugar recently asked which Sugar HQ gingerbread house you preferred. It's been a back and forth struggle between PartySugar's Snowy Log Cabin and BuzzSugar's Dr. Gingerbread House. However — mostly because we've got a healthy sibling-like competitive spirit — we want to know which of ours do you prefer? Party's Traditional Cabin or my Mid-Century Modern? Be honest, we're tough skinned! Read more
Check out the gingerbread House I made! Get it? Gingerbread House? What do you think about the 2008 Golden Globe Nominations? You should go see Juno and then check out the movie's awesome soundtrack. This Iron and Wine video for "Boy With a Coin" is full of beautiful flamenco dancers. Time to weigh in on my best of 2007 polls, from the best dramatic movie actresses to which returning TV show Read more
The other day, CasaSugar asked you which Sugar HQ gingerbread house you preferred. Many of you said PartySugar's Lagito Cabin Gingerbread House, but my Mid-Century Modern charmed some of you folks as well. Earlier you got the step-by-step for hers, so today I thought I'd give you the step-by-step for mine. And if it inspires you then join us! We're currently asking you to submit your own Read more
