gingerbread

The melancholy ad sees Gary continuing a tradition they shared, building a gingerbread house as his way to remember her.

Her describing it a combination of pumpkin pie and gingerbread also made it sound stupendous.

She was named an assistant pastry chef in 2002 and became the executive pastry chef in November 2014 — just in time to sweat over the details of that year’s gingerbread White House for the holidays.

“She’d spend hours getting the details right, drawing as she read. She loved the ships, too—especially ones with ornate carvings. The gingerbread—you know that’s what this island is named for?”

While he was off writing or working elsewhere, Marina’s parents arranged her marriage to a wealthy gingerbread maker.