As promised pre-trip, I did get to taste quite a few of Pierre Herme's Ispahan Collection.
Photo by Saxon Holt
Last Sunday, I went to meet my miniature supplier, Priscilla, RementQueen for brunch. She was accompanied by a famed Rosarian, Clair G. Martin, Curator of the Huntington Rose Garden and our brunch turned into a rose lesson!
Yesterday I got his beautiful book in the mail, 100 Old Roses For The American Garden. Marie-Antoinette isn't holding a rose here just to look pretty. The French were instrumental in developing repeat blooming roses and future Empress Josephine encouraged her friend to develope new species of roses
No wonder Pierre Herme is obsessed with roses. The French and roses go back a long ways.
I ate this Ispahan Rose cheesecake.
I ate the Ispahan Surprise too...
I did not have the nerve to get the Saint Honore Ispahan.
Saving it for next time...
You see rose pink everywhere in Paris...
Like these tiny child's ballerinas...
Or this Anne Fontaine pink bow belt...
No wonder the French say La vie en rose...
Last weather report from Paris I heard it's still chilly and rainy...
But if I had this rose pink umbrella, would I care?
Photo by Saxon Holt
Last Sunday, I went to meet my miniature supplier, Priscilla, RementQueen for brunch. She was accompanied by a famed Rosarian, Clair G. Martin, Curator of the Huntington Rose Garden and our brunch turned into a rose lesson!
Yesterday I got his beautiful book in the mail, 100 Old Roses For The American Garden. Marie-Antoinette isn't holding a rose here just to look pretty. The French were instrumental in developing repeat blooming roses and future Empress Josephine encouraged her friend to develope new species of roses
No wonder Pierre Herme is obsessed with roses. The French and roses go back a long ways.
I ate this Ispahan Rose cheesecake.
I ate the Ispahan Surprise too...
I did not have the nerve to get the Saint Honore Ispahan.
Saving it for next time...
You see rose pink everywhere in Paris...
Like these tiny child's ballerinas...
Or this Anne Fontaine pink bow belt...
No wonder the French say La vie en rose...
Last weather report from Paris I heard it's still chilly and rainy...
But if I had this rose pink umbrella, would I care?
I can't believe you didn't eat the St. Honore!! But I suppose it's a good excuse to go back.
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Love the painting and this post. I love Pink and Roses. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat yummy looking goodies you had. There will aways be something you want to try there. They seem to keep making up new things. :)
Another gorgeous post. Yum!!!
ReplyDeleteYum, can smell the roses from here. :) Delicious goodies too. I just had a vision of all of us in pink ballerina flats on this fine spring day...it is contagious ,this vie en rose.
ReplyDeleteAll best, Jan
Pink roses are the best, aren't they?
ReplyDeleteToday's watercolour is one of your best yet. They keep getting better and better.
ReplyDeleteC'est très joli!
Is this coffee you are offering with your beautiful Ispahan Cheesecake? Very very tempting all.
ReplyDeletePoor Marie Antoinette of Austria! I wonder if the French ever expressed any remorse about the way they treated her.
Love the very pink post today...just what I needed! (doesn't every girl?!)
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Do you live in Paris?
ReplyDeleteSherri
Thanks for today's posting!
ReplyDeleteYou did spell Clair's name right, not a small feat.
Your blog is always such a delight and has become a "must read" for me. As we try to turn more of our time to leisure and we are concentrating on the beautiful things in life more and the drudgery less.
Paris Breakfast fits right into our plans!
Roses are red,
ReplyDeleteParis is bleu.
Carol had left.
Patisseries are bereft.
The chefs bid adieu!
A much needed rosy hue to brighten a grey downcast day...
ReplyDeleteMerci!
I think you truly would not care if you had that pink umbrella. Sweet! I love roses...our first knockout rose is blooming now! Yes!
ReplyDeletecharming post, Carol
sue
I repeat myself: Is there no end to your aquaintances? How coy of you to eat the Isphahan surprise without reelaing the surprise!
ReplyDeleteJEANETTEI think the "surprise" of the Ispahan Surprise is it's size. Rather than a small taffy-thing it's huge. Inside = something raspberryesque inside something meringue as I recall..which I don't :(
ReplyDeleteI probably ate it in a fit of nerves and forgot to taste...
Amazing creativity and vision !
ReplyDeleteI think I'm beginning to adore this ispahan pink in a way that is almost becomming an obsession.
ReplyDelete:-)
Those desserts look more like roses than roses!
ReplyDeleteVery nice painting and very nice pink post. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteC,
Thought of you yesterday. Saw the May 2008 issue of Bon Appetite mag. It's a big issue, entirely devoted to Paris. You may find it engaging and slightly informative (if you can get a hold of one there).
Thinking of you.
xox
Constance
Hi Carol - I was just at the nursery, and I have not seen the Ispahan Rose in Southern California, but I am determined to have it in my garden.
ReplyDeleteI just added the Diana, Princess of Wales Hybrid Tea Rose to my collection. It is soft pink with huge blooms!
Oh my gosh!
ReplyDeleteTemptations in every letter and every image.....
LORI LYNN
ReplyDeleteif you really want the Ispahan Rose I would check with Clair Martin at the Huntington Garden.
You can say I sent you! :)
Monday, 2pm Paris time:
ReplyDeleteAre you on your way to Isfahan? ;-)
Have enjoyed your blog so much, even when you weren't talking about roses. Now that you are, thought I must come out of "lurkdom" and leave you a comment. Hope to be able to go to Paris one day.
ReplyDeleteI can tell you it was COLD and wet today. I am in Paris as I type this. I even got sleeted on today! We have thoroughly enjoyed our stay! But BRRRRRR!
ReplyDeleteWonderful post........love all the roses,food and flowers! I hope you own a pink umbrella~
ReplyDeleteThe rose cheesecake is beautiful. I think this is my favorite post so far - I loove pink! Beautiful pictures, thanks for sharing :D!
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to say that I love your posts! I just arrived from a trip to Paris also, and on the morning of my departure to London I went to Pierre Herme and bought an Ispahan dessert (the large macaron with litchee and rose filling with raspberries). I ate it on the way to London and just about died. It was so indulgent, but light at the same time. I can't wait to keep reading your posts to remind me of Paris and the macarons :)
ReplyDeleteThanks again!