Gingerbread is a baked treat that dates back to the Middle Ages. It is thought to have first appeared in the U.S. in the nineteenth century, when the Swiss monks of St. Meinrad Archabbey in Indiana baked gingerbread on holidays, and gave it to the sick.
Celebrating Christmas offers a potpourri of gingerbread house advice...
I'm trying really hard not to say "a picture is worth a thousand words," but if you are fishing for gingerbread inspiration, what better way to find it than at this collection of more than 600 gingerbread house photos?
To add a little computer fun to today's topic, this pick is an online game.
JustGingerbread.com is my pick of the week because of the simple printable patterns (in two sizes), abundance of building tips, and the illustrated step-by-step house assembly instructions.
This fourteen-page PDF from King Arthur Flour offers the most detailed gingerbread house building instructions I found online.
Selection of christmas pictures in natural setting