The Fairmont San Francisco kicked off the holidays in sweet style Saturday by unveiling its gingerbread house, an annual tradition blending baking and engineering that attracts thousands of spectators ...

She would bake a sheet of gingerbread, then pull out stencils she had made from file folders to carefully cut the walls and roof of the houses. But these were the homesteading equivalent of candy ...

Because of its size, Hershey's house needs a little more support than a typical gingerbread creation. Under the candy sits a plywood frame and a tough board wrap that allows crafters to nail candy ...

(Remember to remove the sharp cocktail sticks from your gingerbread house before eating it, to avoid a choking hazard.) Pipe icing between the cocktail sticks and fix the two roof panels onto the ...