Old Fashioned Gingerbread

  • As Noted In: World's Best Desserts, Ice Cream, Pastries and Treats, Phantom

  • Travel Genus: Eats


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Y/M/D Person Association Description Place Locale Event
-2400/00/00 A recipe for gingerbread appears in Greece. Greece
0992/00/00 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. Centre-Val de Loire France
1100/00/00 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. Northern Europe
1250/00/00 Bakers in Torun began making gingerbread in the 13th century. Medieval Town of Torun Torun, PL
1444/00/00 Swedish nuns at Vadstena Abbey enjoy gingerbread to ease indigestion. Vadstena Abbey Vadstena
1532/01/06 Henry VIII of England Sovereign Master Cooks make 200 dishes, including jellies and gingerbread, for Henry VIII's Twelfth Night feast at the Palace of Placentia (lost). Greenwich Palace Greenwich
1550/00/00 Decorated with foil and gold leaf, gingerbread houses are made of cookies in Germany during the 16th century. Germany
1785/00/00 Mary Ball Washington Host 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, VA
1785/00/00 Marquis de Lafayette Guest 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, VA
1793/00/00 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. Market Drayton Shropshire
1796/00/00 Published in 1796, the first American cookbook, American Cookery by Amelia Simmons, provides seven different recipes for gingerbread.

Food Attribute Bakery Goods
Food Type Bread
Food Type Cake
Food Type Grain
Food Kind Leavened Bread

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