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the GINGERBREAD WOMAN Grier Rubeling has a talent for crafting with an unexpected medium by LORI D. R. WIGGINS photography by S.P. MURRAY
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f the holiday season has visions of gingerbread dancing in your head, you better run, run, fast as you can—because Grier Rubeling has a huge head start.
The Art & Soul of Raleigh
“For me, gingerbread season is all year,” Rubeling says. She’s not exaggerating: Rubeling is a national, award-winning, competitive gingerbread architect. She uses gingerbread like building
blocks, transforming the sturdy cookie into showcase-worthy creations that awe crowds and judges alike. She uses an arsenal of bakers’ tools—fondant, molding chocolate and a specially-developed gin-
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