Video: Gingerbread Houses, or Edible Architecture. Gingerbread House Festival 2010
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
In North Carolina, in the USA, a wonderful holiday is traditionally held at the end of the year, beloved by all sweet tooth and chefs, especially children and those who are a real child at heart. it National Gingerbread House Festival, where a huge number of mouth-watering buildings are exhibited annually, created by the hands of artisans who understand a lot not only in architecture and design, but also as specific "building materials": sweet cream, marmalade, marzipan, pastille and, of course, dough for walls and roofs the future Gingerbread house.
At the 2010 festival, participants presented special projects. They needed not only to build a house of sweets, but to depict any of the famous architectural creations, and it does not matter whether it is a historical or a modern building.
So, culinary architects baked miniature (in comparison with the originals) versions of the Leaning Tower of Pisa and the Eiffel Tower, depicted the Colosseum and Big Ben, the Chrysler Building and the Sydney Opera House from cream and gingerbread.
Some time ago, we already talked about the most unusual examples of edible architecture, this topic was not ignored by the participants of the festival. So, in a separate line it is necessary to mention the stunning embodiment of the "house with a waterfall", which exactly repeats the appearance of its "big brother" - Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater.
The festival was held in late November and early December. Let me remind you that this traditional holiday in North Carolina is considered one of the most favorite not only among children, but also among adult connoisseurs of unusual, and most importantly, delicious art.
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