I forgot to mention that the quest for rose ice cream was successful. We tracked down Mashti Malone's, in the corner of a little shopping center with borderline insufficient parking, on the west side of La Brea just a bit north of Sunset. The rose ice cream was white, instead of pink as the cone I had at the Farmer's Market was, but the taste was indeed of the scent of roses. M had saffron-flavored which was also tasty.

yummy yummy yummy yum. Maybe another time I'll try the rose sorbet, since the ice cream is not low-fat.

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