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Kat Lieu is the author of 108 Asian Cookies and the founder of Subtle Asian Baking. Through the decades, royal icing has been the edible glue of choice when it comes to building gingerbread houses.

Heather Saffer, the Rochester-based author of "The Dollop Book of Frosting" offers a bit of wisdom in her introduction to what is clearly a highly specialized cookbook: “To unabashed frosting lovers ...