Gingerbread is one of those foods that's easy to add too much or too little spice to. The clue is in the name -- it's called gingerbread for a reason. It's meant to be fairly heavy on ginger, with ...

The New York City-based artist said he started building gingerbread houses from scratch 30 years ago. His first creation was a 14-house village when he worked as the executive chef for a hotel.

including "decorat[ing] the porch with poinsettias and ribbons and garlands," ice skating and making gingerbread houses together. "We use a kit," Witherspoon explains. "Back when I was a 'Do ...