Gingerbread can be crisp gingersnaps or tender gingerbread, cute gingerbread men, or charming gingerbread houses; in some countries it is cookies with a fruit or almond filling or big hearts to give to a sweetheart. There is even white gingerbread. Why this variety? And where does this shape-changing confection come from? Discover the answers this and other questions about this old-time favorite.
Presented by Claire Hopley, author and culinary historian
Image: Fee – Fi – Fo – Fum!, created by Chef Eric Hirsh, 2022.
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