A famous French chef and founding father of French cuisine invented an icecream for which almond icecream was combined with white currants, lemon sherbet, and half a peach. He gave it the name of a 19th century French opera that was famous at the time. Later the white topping was replaced by a brown chocolate sauce, which made the name a little irrelevant and absurd. What was the name of the opera and who was this superstar among French cooks?

McFlyFave

GeorgesAuguste Escoffier was sent a pair of tickets to a performance of Lohengrin. he created a dessert of peachesand vanilla ice cream with a magnificent ice sculpture of a swan, reminiscentof the swan-boat featured in the opera. He called it "Pecheau Cygne" or "Peach with Swan" but a few years later, at the opening ofthe new Ritz Carlton Hotel in London, he added a raspberry puree sauceto the recipe and re-named it "Peche Melba" in honor of the opera singerwho had originally inspired it. http://members.cox.net/jjschnebel/peachmel.html Jan 11 09, 2:23 AM

queproblema

Escoffier created "Dame Blanche" ("White Lady") in honor of Emma Calve, who, I suppose, must have sung the title role of the opera of the same name. http://www.steinrestaurants.com/thecollegerestaurant/upload/menus/menu_dinner_eng.pdf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_dame_blanche The Wiki article's suffered a bit of vandalism. Somebody can find some better links; my computer's really slow tonight. Jan 11 09, 3:14 AM