Emerald City gingerbread cityscape at the Benson hotel in #Portland.

#PDX #baking

@ktneely
Nice! Thanks for posting a photo.

OPB did a behind the scenes report on the guy (Chef David Diffendorfer) who does these displays:

https://www.opb.org/article/2025/12/03/benson-hotel-gingerbread-house-chef/

#Portland #PDX #Gingerbread #Holiday #Food

Behind the curtain of The Benson Hotel’s 54th gingerbread castle

Chef David Diffendorfer, who has been building the gingerbread display for 32 years, takes us behind the scenes of his gingerbread masterpiece.

OPB
@ahimsa_pdx that article is why we detoured a couple blocks while doing some holiday shopping downtown!