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A House Full of Ginger

Gingerbread houses are a well-known Christmas tradition, not that I’ve ever seen anyone actually make one. They’re a pretty cool idea, though. The idea of objects made of foodstuffs is an old one in legends throughout the world, especially when … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Authors, Characters, Christmas, England, Fairy Tales, Food, Germany, History, Holidays, Jasper Fforde, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Nursery Crime, Oz, Oz Authors, Plays, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a. baldwin sloane, architecture, brothers grimm, candy, gingerbread, gingerbread houses, gingerbread men, hansel and gretel, john dough, john dough and the cherub, johnny gingerbread, kolobok, pancakes, queen elizabeth i, the gingerbread man, the little gingerbread man, the wizard of oz, witches |

Let’s Get Baked

Ruth Plumly Thompson was known to have brought several of her original creations from short stories and poems into the Oz world, including Pumperdink, Sun Top Mountain, the Land of Patch, and the Forgetful Poet. This raises the question as … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Authors, Book Reviews, Corporations, Douglas Adams, Fairy Tales, Food, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Marin Elizabeth Xiques, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged billy in bunbury, borden, bunbury, cap'n crunch, david hulan, dough-dough bird, jalapomp, johnny gingerbread, kabumpo, kabumpo in oz, m&m's, mayor mccheese, mr. peanut, prince pompadore, pumperdink, queen pozy pink, racism, royal baking powder company, the bouncy bunnies in oz, the comical cruises of captain cooky, the curious cruise of captain santa, the emerald city of oz, the glass cat of oz, the little gingerbread man, the prince of the gelatin isles, the purple prince of oz, twinkie the kid |