crepes, peaches, ice cream and jaques torres

Labor Day So depressing, it's labor day, no sun, just wind, rain, and winter temperatures. We are in New York and it was hurricane Ernesto threatening our last yippee summer long weekend. I love summer. I take most of my vacation days in the summer, I feel renewed but summer just came to an immediate halt. What to do, what to do. We were huddled in our home, with windows closed and all the plants from window boxes taken in for refuge. God forbid we lose any of our herbs or caladiums to this weather. There was only one thing to do on this weekend - eat. I had peaches, plenty of them from the farmers market. I decided to make crepes with peaches and ice cream (the recipe is listed on the cook's exchange page ). I planned ahead and made the batter a day before I needed it. Well lo and behold, guess what the weather cleared up - shame on those weather men. All our plans were cancelled but we still had the batter. I wound up combining several recipes to make this one recipe. The crepes came from an old NYTimes magazine, the caramel sugar came from an old Jaques Torres recipe and the rest of the combo is my head. In the middle of the day we made the crepes and had wine. It was the essence of decadence, sweetness, summer and a day off. speak to you soon. pi