The sweet, syrupy, spiced confection we now turn into frosted houses and soft holiday loaves has roots dating back thousands of years. Historians say an Armenian monk first brought gingerbread to ...

From ancient ceremonial breads to medieval markets and Christmas traditions, gingerbread’s history explains why the spiced ...

Is gingerbread one of your favorite sweets to bake around the holidays? The evolution of this cookie started farther back than most people realize.

MACON, Ga. — Gingerbread has long been a holiday staple in many households. But how did it get to be associated with the most wonderful time of year? Well, the story starts centuries into the past.

GINGERBREAD has become a staple of Christmas – and there is a town in the UK that is considered the home of it. Ormskirk is a ...

Even though it’s slightly grisly, the story of The Gingerbread Man (who runs away from a cow, a horse, and a chicken but gets eaten by a fox) has delighted children at Christmas since 1875, when it ...

Quite frankly, we've been seeing and eating more gingerbread than we ever thought humanly possible. 'Tis the Season! There are gingerbread houses and cookies everywhere you turn! As we took a bite ...

If you buy something from a link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Helen Oyeyemi baked, and ate, a lot of gingerbread while writing her sixth novel, Gingerbread. There was ...

About two dozen people crowded around tables in an art studio in downtown Sauk Centre on a recent Saturday, each with a box containing the essential elements of a building: four walls, a roof, a tube ...