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 been baked in Europe since the eleventh century. In some places, it was a soft, delicately spiced cake; in others, a crisp, flat cookie, and in others, warm, thick, steamy-dark squares ...

Did you know that George Washington’s soldiers ate gingerbread during the Revolutionary War? On Sunday, Feb. 23 from 2 to 4 p.m., the Miller-Cory House Museum in Westfield is hosting a special event ...

BEDFORD, Pennsylvania -- On any given day, walking into the main entrance of the Omni Bedford Springs, the grande dame of American historic hotels, is always a welcoming and breathtaking embrace of ...

No confectionery symbolizes the holidays quite like gingerbread. While most of us associate gingerbread with edible houses and spiced loaves of cake-like bread, it's also increasingly appearing as ...

Building a gingerbread house may be a popular holiday tradition but it's also a sweet way to learn about architecture and design. As one Minnesota Museum demonstrates. We are in the season of ...

The Holiday Gingerbread Village returned to the Augusta Museum of History on Thursday. Check out all the gingerbread houses before Nov. 30. More: SEE IT: Gingerbread Village returns to Augusta Museum ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — A Fort Wayne holiday tradition will return for its 38 season at the History Center. The History Center announced in a press release the return of the beloved Festival of ...