Holiday-ish: Day 18

Building gingerbread houses for Holiday-ish: Day 14 left us curious about the origins of this Christmas treat. Here’s what we discovered: While the tradition of making gingerbread houses during Christmas is fairly recent, the earliest known recipe for gingerbread came from Greece in 2400 BC. Ginger root had traveled around …

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Holiday-ish: Day 13

Today’s post is adapted from our Sunday newsletter, sent to subscribers each week. To receive your own free copy, just sign up here. What reminds you of the holidays? For me, it’s always the smell of gingerbread that takes me back to my mom’s kitchen, where she would roll out …

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