New Year’s Gingerbread
Monday, January 4th, 2010
Every year, my friend Sarah throws a New Year’s Eve party. I daresay it’s the best ticket in town (not that you need a ticket, though it is friends and friends-of-friends only) on the big night — great people, great tunes, tasty food and drink, complete with champagne at midnight.
The centrepiece of the party is the gingerbread “house.” Sarah and friends conceptualize and execute a gingerbread masterpiece which often isn’t completed until the day of the party (as was the case this year). Past years’ dioramas have included the Empire State Building, the Manitoba Legislature, an Ancient Egyptian scene, and a pirate ship. This year it was the sinking city, Venice. I think that the imperfections of gingerbread lent themselves well to replicating the ancient stonework of Venezia, and the jello-as-water was an inspired maneuver.
Notice the fine detail work on the gingerpeople! These Venezians get stripes and scarves. Also, you can’t see her in any of my pictures, but there was also a ginger rendering of Katharine Hepburn, who reportedly lost some of her vision after falling into the highly polluted and toxic canal during a movie shoot.
Check out Sarah’s food blog, Food Adventure Club, for similarly adventurous and appealing edibles.