Teresa Layman is a trained baker with a passion for architecture. The results are these two fine books on the art of making beautiful, detailed gingerbread houses. The photos by Randy O’Rourke are divine, the instructions are excellent and the full-size patterns are included. Many have called them the best gingerbread books ever written and the gingerbread bible.

Gingerbread and Gingerbread for all Seasons are both published by
Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, N.Y.

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