Gingerbread Lane
| GingerBread Lane | |
|---|---|
| Artist | Jon Lovitch |
| Year | 1994– |
| Location | Smithsonian Institution New York Hall of Science Capital Children's Museum, New York City Philadelphia Richmond, Virginia |
| Website | gingerbread-lane |
GingerBread Lane is a non-profit seasonal display of a handmade gingerbread village prepared by chef Jon Lovitch.[1] He has made the display every year since 1994.[2] GingerBread Lane has been featured in the Smithsonian Institution, Richmond, Virginia, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the New York Hall of Science.[3]
The display requires about nine months and 1,500 hours to complete.[1][4][5]
2013 Gingerbread Lane
[edit]The 2013 Gingerbread Lane display was exhibited at the New York Hall of Science and weighed 1.5 tons and covered 300 square feet.[6] The display included 135 residential and 22 commercial buildings made of gingerbread along with trees, signs and five two-foot tall nutcrackers.[7] The display was certified by Guinness World Records as the world's largest gingerbread village on November 22, 2013.[7][8][9]
Process
[edit]Jon Lovitch, a Kansas City, Missouri-born chef, prepares all the ingredients for the display in his apartment, which is located in the South Bronx area of New York City.[10][11] He often works on the project in the evenings after returning from work at New York's Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge, where he is executive sous chef.[11]
Lovitch prepares gingerbread, icing and other materials for the display throughout the year and stores completed gingerbread structures in an empty bedroom in his apartment.[citation needed] He later assembles the village by hand at the exhibition site. The Gingerbread Lane display generally begins in November and lasts through early January.[12][13] Lovitch gives away pieces of the gingerbread village to visitors of the display following the last day of the exhibition.[14]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Gingerbread Lane In Good Taste At Station Square". CBS Pittsburgh. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
- ^ Lisa L. Colanego (November 18, 2013). "Chef crafts a 1.5 ton village of gingerbread, frosting and candy at the N.Y. Hall of Science". Daily News. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
- ^ "GingerBread Lane". Retrieved October 17, 2013.
- ^ Megan Guza (August 3, 2012). "For gingerbread man, it's Christmas in August". TribLIVE News. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
- ^ Madeline Stone (December 3, 2013). "A Chef Built The World's Largest Gingerbread Village In His Bronx Apartment". Business Insider. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
- ^ "New York Hall of Science to Unveil GingerBread Lane on Sunday". Brownstoner Queens. November 12, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
- ^ a b "Queens Gingerbread Village Is World's Largest". The Wall Street Journal. December 13, 2013. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
- ^ Anita Hamilton (December 2, 2013). "Baker of World's Largest Edible Gingerbread Village Doesn't Really Want You to Eat It". Time. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
- ^ "Koch baut größtes Lebkuchendorf der Welt". Die Welt. December 9, 2013. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
- ^ Denise Barnes (February 15, 2000). "Thinking outside the box D.C. Chef's creations no bite-size bonbons". The Washington Times.
- ^ a b Corey Kilgannon (November 26, 2013). "From a Bronx Apartment's Oven, a Gingerbread Colossus Rises in Queens". The New York Times. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
- ^ AmyJo Brown (December 12, 2012). "Sweet City: Gingerbread Lane is product of chef's year-long passion". Pittsburgh City Paper. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
- ^ Jill King Greenwood (January 15, 2011). "Missouri last stop for Pittsburgh gingerbread train station". TribLIVE News. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
- ^ Lisa L. Colangelo (January 13, 2014). "Sharing the spoils of Gingerbread Lane". Daily News. Retrieved February 24, 2014.