GINGERBREAD WHITEHOUSE Forget Hansel and Gretel this awe inspiring gingerbread creation surely beats them all. Created by Marilyn Santos-McNabb, pastry Chef Instructor for the Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago, Le Cordon Bleu, the White House recreation, which took ten ...

Heinz Lauer, executive chef at Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts, poses at Cafe Bleau, a student-operated restaurant and bar at the school Friday, January 23, 2009. STEVE MARCUS / LAS VEGAS SUN