In the early 1900'S, when unlimited sums were spent on expansive living in England and on the Continent, the chefs who served in the kitchens of great estates were French, or at least French-trained.
Mighty like a rose and it is rose, a rose-petal honey made by a recipe taken from the famous Martha Washington cookbook, the original copy now owned by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Temptation for most people is symbolized by the apple and the serpent, but for a wide-eyed six-year-old boy living in central France six decades ago, temptation was the apricot.
