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A recipe for gingerbread appears in Greece. |
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Armenian monk Gregory of Nicopolis leaves Nicopolis (in western Greece) to live in Bondaroy (France), near the town of Pithiviers. Gregory stays for seven years, teaching gingerbread baking to French Christians. |
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Hard gingerbread cookies, sometimes gilded with gold leaf and shaped like animals, kings or queens, are a staple at Medieval fairs in England, France, Holland and Germany. |
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Swedish nuns at Vadstena Abbey enjoy gingerbread to ease indigestion. |
Vadstena Abbey |
Vadstena |
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Decorated with foil and gold leaf, gingerbread houses are made of cookies in Germany during the 16th century. |
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During the late 1780's, Mary Washington makes the Marquis de Lafayette gingerbread at her home in Fredericksburg. Her recipe includes orange juice and orange zest. |
Mary Washington House |
Fredericksburg |
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Marquis de Lafayette |
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During the late 1780's, Mary Washington makes the Marquis de Lafayette gingerbread at her home in Fredericksburg. Her recipe includes orange juice and orange zest. |
Mary Washington House |
Fredericksburg |
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The first mention of baking gingerbread in Market Drayton, Shropshire, England, is noted. Although it was probably made earlier, as ginger had been stocked in high street businesses since the 1640s. |
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Published in 1796, the first American cookbook, American Cookery by Amelia Simmons, provides seven different recipes for gingerbread. |
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