SAN FRANCISCO—Making a gingerbread house is a holiday tradition, but the hotel Fairmont San Francisco takes it to a new level by creating a life-size, two-story-high Victorian gingerbread house. Professionals working on it told NTD Television that planning for it starts early on. “We had to start several months ago, back in July,” said Michael Quigley, executive chef at Fairmont San Francisco. “And I had one person assigned to baking all the bricks, because I wanted them all to look the same. If I had several different people baking them, you know, they may not all look the same. This way, they’re all the same color, same size.” The house is 22 feet high, 23 feet wide, and 10.5 feet deep. There are 7,750 pieces of gingerbread and 1,500 pounds of royal icing. The culinary team baked 3,300 gingerbread bricks for the house. This year, all of the candies were …
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