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Gingerbread Houses | 
 enlarge | Author: Christa Currie
Publisher: Main Street Books
Category: Book
List Price: $13.95
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Rating:  15 reviews
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 128
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4
ISBN: 0385472676
Dewey Decimal Number: 745.5
EAN: 9780385472678
Publication Date: September 1, 1994
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Product Description
Gingerbread houses are the architectural wonder of the baking world, and every year around the holidays, constructions of all shapes and sizes spring up everywhere. Some have Tootsie Roll mailboxes, shredded-wheat roofs, and gumdrop bells, while others are covered with snow and icicles and have balconies, garlands, and brightly glowing candy glass. But no matter how elaborate a house is, one doesn't have to be an expert baker (or architect) to build one. Gingerbread Houses: A Complete Guide To Baking And Decorating is for ginger-bread bakers who want to build their first or their fiftieth house. With easy-to-follow instructions, it shows beginners all the basic techniques, including how to assemble the walls and roof without breaking the gingerbread. But it also shows more advanced bakers how to illuminate their house, use a glue gun, and even give last year's house a face-lift. The whimsical, two-color drawings and patterns are a wealth of new ideas for doors, windows, wreaths, bells, mailboxes, lampposts, fences, and trees. And for those who feel the entrepreneurial urge, there's even a section on marketing, packaging, pricing, and selling gingerbread houses. With wit and humor, Christa Currie, champion gingerbread baker, makes building gingerbread houses fun for the entire family. Gingerbread Houses is the perfect stocking stuffer for the baker or architect on your Christmas list.
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 If you collect gingerbread house books .... April 2, 2008
D. Cole (Western NC)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
... then purchase this book to add to your collection. If you are a beginning "gingerbreader", this book probably won't be a big help to you. There are no pictures/photos provided as visual aid to explain procedures. I have several books on gingerbread house baking/creating purchased through Amazon. This particular book is my least favorite and the last I'd recommend.
 Thumbs Up! January 15, 2007
J. Kazley
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Filled with tips and ideas. It's informative and written with light humor, not like reading a dry instruction manual. It has everything from basic to advanced ginger breading. Discusses recipes, constructing and decorating, preserving/storing, lighting, etc. Sketches are very detailed. Includes tree and fence ideas to `landscape' your gingerbread house. Would highly recommend!
Gingerbread Houses January 14, 2007
Nancy T. Holihan (Allentown, PA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Very thorough and informative information for a first time gingerbread house maker. It will probably become a family tradition!
You can't judge a book by its pictures December 6, 2005
R. Schaaf (Jacksonville, FL)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
My first reaction after receiving and flipping through the pages was, "What!". "No color photographs?" Well shame on me because this book is so well written, I never missed the absence of color photos. The decorating idea sketches are great and, again, the author did a great job of writing this book for beginners and intermediate as well. You won't find yourself scratching your head saying, "Huh??". I wonder what she means by that?" I'm hooked on gingerbread houses now and have made 6 in the last 3 weeks. The chapter on making your own patterns was also put to the test. My patterns came out perfect following the directions in this book. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! This is the start of a new Christmas tradition at my house. R. Schaaf
All Fun No Worries November 20, 2005
Auntie Claus (seattle, WA)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Among the pages of chimney tips is the line "If it's a little crooked, that's okay, it only adds to the charm of the house." (p.44) Among the ideas for fences she mentions "Gates are useful if you're making a pattern in your fence and don't have quite enough room for that last pattern. That's a good place for a gate!" (p.86) And her favorite place to practice piping icing? Her kids hands. This is an author who knows how to take a potentially stressful, overwhelming project and make it what it's supposed to be: pure enjoyment.
I think the use of drawings instead of photographs reflect that. Instead of a picture of perfection to be copied, she gives you loads of enchanting illustrations that get your own ideas churning. Five stars for spectacular inspiration and clear, thorough instructions.
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