It's that time of year again: Gingerbread houses are popping up around the DC area, and they're ready to be marveled at by cookie devotees and architecture nerds alike. Plus, the culinarily ambitious ...

The massive gingerbread house in the hotel’s lobby is built with 981,639 pounds of gingerbread, 259 pounds of powdered sugar, and 79 pounds of butter. A confectionary door is propped open so you can ...

The secret to Gingerbread houses is Gingersnap dough. Hot out of the oven it’s plastic, so it can be laid onto most curves surfaces to take the shape. Gingersnap Sydney Opera houses are possible.