For well over a decade, the edible holiday displays at Walt Disney World have filled the foyers of some of their best loved resorts with the spice heavy scent of freshly baked gingerbread. This being our first Christmas in the Orlando area, we have never been able to view these works of art in person until this week. I have seen photos of them online for years, but now that we were actually able to go and see them, I can see what everyone makes such a fuss about. Loving Husband is a trained pastry chef, Teams of Disney pastry chefs work for months baking, detailing and assembling these life-size gingerbread sculptures. If you live near WDW, or will be here between late November to the beginning of January, I strongly encourage you to spend a little time exploring these exhibits.
The first stop on our self guided tour was the largest, and in my opinion, the most impressive baked creation, is the the gingerbread house in the first floor main lobby of the Grand Floridian Resort. The house fits perfectly into the ornate Victorian design scheme of this hotel. This piece is so huge that there is a store with real live people inside of it selling souvenirs of the annual event, as well as edible shingles just like those that adorn the roof of the structure (below). The girls (Samantha & Amber) who worked inside appeared to be flowing over with Christmas
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While we were there we picked up a gingerbread cupcake for later (below); both were excellent by the way. LH liked the gingerbread gelato better and I liked the peppermint best. These foodie finds are sold out of the cutest little edible store called Ginger's Bread & Cookie Shop (below & gallery). I thought the alternating Mickey and Minnie head cookies around the fascia and the Mickey gingerbread man weathervane were adorable little
...l Christmas programs and once-a-month afternoon teas. The small gallery showcases a rotating program of art and decorative art exhibits and on Thursdays between June and August, the entire compound stays open late for special programs like sunset hikes or a “Step Back in Time” party that recreates life at a country estate in the 1920's. Monthly event calendars can be found on the website, http://www.filoli.org/
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On our 10-day 'vacay' we decided to stop for a several night stay-over at a quaint town which is halfway along the Florida Keys. It's called Marathon, and I
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cakes among many other freshly made recipes. They have a special cookbook for all of the fancy
In Mesopotamia, more specifically the city of Ur, agriculture reigned supreme. Every ingredient required for the palace cake were important to their culture. From the date-palm, which was glorified by religious connections, agricultural advancements, and trade, to the milk and butter which relied on the domestication of animals by humans to be produced, everything was utilized to create a cake fit for the palace halls. Although it was meant to be enjoyed by only the elite members of Mesopotamian society, the recipe for palace cake that shows us the significance of a piece food history to be enjoyed by all.
Get lost as you make your way to the next exhibit of gingerbread houses. ...
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Into the 20th Century, Faneuil Hall has remained an active and important place for Bostonians. In the early 19th Century the three granite structures of the Quincy Market were built to the east of the Hall. These, along with Faneuil Hall’s market stalls, continued to be Boston’s wholesale food distribution center until the 1960s. During the 1970s the entire Faneuil Hall area underwent a major renewal, and today the stalls purvey food to the thousands of visitors each day.”
During the latter part of August, the Virgin Islands Council on the Arts contacted me and asked if my art students at the St. Croix Educational Complex and I would design twelve plastic ornaments for the National Christmas tree. We were commissioned to design ornaments to represent the Virgin Islands on the National Christmas tree which is located on the White House grounds in Washington D. C.. After receiving the ornaments my students and I began brainstorming, developing designs, and then drawing images. This project took about three weeks to complete. We chose to depict Virgin Islands cultural traditions such as the mocko jumbie dancer, quadrille dance, and steel pan music. We drew images with Sharpie markers and applied frost spray paint.
...d with glass balls, and ceramic icicles hang from the branches. Toys are near by, as if Santa has visited a little early. A dozen Christmas stockings are pinned to the wall; some even have things peeking out. A brick chimney climbs through the middle of the floor and out the roof. When I leave the enchanted corner, and go down the steps I close the door, so that the warm air stays down.
James Fairly: I love the food! My favorite food from there is probably their grilled cheese. It's served with a cup of the state's best clam chowder. The bread is made fresh, and the cheese is imported from Switzerland. It's gently brushed with fresh olive oil and grilled to perfection.
Cinnamon won the heart of many New Yorkers with foods like fig pancakes with pine nut butter, chamomile blood orange syrup, and roasted almonds or lemongrass five-spice seitan with curried cashews, arugula, Sichuan chile sauce, and wasabi mayo on a grilled baguette. And even the pastries and doughnuts, which they rotate daily.
Emma, Marissa and I are in charge of the making the lefse. This has been our job ever since we were little girls, becoming experts through all our years of experience. My grandma makes the most amazing food and always has enough to feed us for a week. After we stuff ourselves full of delicious, lasagna, salads, and hot dishes all made with love and while the adults lean back comfortably in their chairs, us kids go put on our pajamas and troop downstairs to open our gifts. The most memorable gift would be the ring my grandma gave me that used to be my great-grandmothers who died a couple days after my grandma turned fifteen. My great-grandma loved to travel and had a great passion for fashion, so this circle of metal with a little diamond in the middle and a floral pattern surrounding it, had been bought in California and has been in the family since. “Bang, bang, bang!” A huge pounding comes from the front door. Dogs bark, adults grin, and we race to open the creaky door. Santa Claus, eyes twinkling, dressed in red with coal-black boots, and swinging a sack over his right shoulder, steps inside. He plops down heavily; ringing merry bells and passes them off to David, my brother, telling him seriously to keep ringing them so Rudolf won’t fly away without him. With wide eyes, little David shakes the bells with such rigor that if Rudolf was in the North Pole he would be able to hear them. We each take a turn perching on his knee, hesitant at first but then opening up and telling him our age and that, “yes we have been really, really, really good this year.” As Santa’s beard tickles our chin as we lean in close for a picture and his big belly shakes as he laughs at the same time as you start to giggle. Then he opens his sack and pulls out gifts wrapped in colorful paper for each of us. With a few cookies for the road, crumbs in his beard and a
My family and I often visit family in Chicago, and when we do, we always go to the Oak Mill Bakery. Every time we have gone we are greeted with spectacular customer service and mouthwatering treats. The bakery specialty is European style baked goods and has been in business since 1986 (Oak Mill Bakery, n.d.). Oak Mill strives to use all natural ingredients, which is one on of the reasons my family makes an effort to visit every time we are in town. The bakery serves cakes, cookies, cupcakes in many different styles. As noted before, they have a European twist to all their sweets, which makes them mouthwatering and unforgettable.