<p>Leave it to the French to outclass everybody, even when it comes to a cone. It's not unusual here to find flavors evocative of local tastes and aromas, which means a lot of flowers: lavender, rose, jasmine, violets, and poppies. At Fenocchio, a <em>gelateria</em> on the Place Rossetti in Vieux Nice, you can get the floral flavors as well as black olive, rosemary, thyme, and tomato basil.</p> <p><strong>How It Tastes:</strong> Fans find the lavender and rose flavors gentle, even delicate. Ben & Jerry's “flavor guru” Peter Lind found, when the company tested rose ice cream in Vermont, that Americans were not so impressed. “One guy said, ‘This tastes like my grandmother's armpit.'”</p>
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From Travel + Leisure , MAY 2008
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Last updated May 2008




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