{"id":8250,"date":"2010-12-02T11:52:41","date_gmt":"2010-12-02T15:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nybg.org\/plant-talk\/?p=8250"},"modified":"2010-12-02T12:07:46","modified_gmt":"2010-12-02T16:07:46","slug":"sugar-and-spice-and-all-things-nice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2010\/12\/around-the-garden\/sugar-and-spice-and-all-things-nice\/","title":{"rendered":"Sugar and Spice and All Things Nice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
Ann Rafalko is Director of Online Content.<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\"Born<\/a>Making a gingerbread house rocks. Let’s face it–the icing, the creativity, the candy, the sense of accomplishment, and then maybe eating it–all of these things are great. I was a pretty crafty kid, and my mom is undoubtedly very creative (she’s a stained glass artist). But no matter how creative we were (my mom would even help me melt crystal fruits hard candies to mimic her beautiful leaded windows) our houses never<\/em> looked like the ones currently on display as part of the Gingerbread Adventures<\/em> in the Discovery Center here at The New York Botanical Garden<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Gingerbread Adventures <\/em>is a seriously good time and a fun adventure to tack onto any trip to the Garden to see the Holiday Train Show<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 Kids can explore the plant ingredients that help give gingerbread its distinctive flavor, create a field notebook of their favorite discoveries, paint a pot and plant wheat seeds, and then decorate (and eat!) their own gingersnaps.<\/p>\n

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”Gingerbreads on Vacation” At Gingerbread Adventures<\/em><\/h2>\n

The Gingerbread Nutcracker, Sweet<\/strong>
\nA collaboration of Cake Power<\/a> & Baked Ideas<\/a><\/p>\n

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Get a behind the scenes peek at how this house was designed and<\/em> a great recipe for gingerbread and royal icing over on Cake Power’s blog<\/a>.
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\nBy Irina Brandler of Sugar and Spice Bake Shop<\/a><\/p>\n

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Santa’s Island Workshop<\/strong>
\nBy Laurie Ditunno of Cake Alchemy<\/a><\/p>\n

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Gingerbreads in Space<\/strong>
\nBy Liv Hansen and Kaye Hansen of Riviera Bakehouse<\/a><\/p>\n

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Ann Rafalko is Director of Online Content. Making a gingerbread house rocks. Let’s face it–the icing, the creativity, the candy, the sense of accomplishment, and then maybe eating it–all of these things are great. I was a pretty crafty kid, and my mom is undoubtedly very creative (she’s a stained glass artist). But no matter… <\/p>\n

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