One of the desserts includes roasted peaches.

Dessert may be hot roasted peach in an iced chartreuse souffle.

Maine lobster was luscious, enhanced with sweet roasted peaches and offset by citric vinaigrette.

"If you put this on the market, nobody would buy it," said Mr. Decrauzat, who pairs the ice cream with a roasted peach and apricot-caramel sauce.

A vanilla cake with blueberries is topped with roasted peaches and soaked with peach juices from the roasting pan.

Seared Hudson Valley foie gras with roasted peaches, however, pitted unripe fruit against underdone liver.

Pound cake with roasted peaches and vanilla ice cream leads the list.

The duck was paired with fingerling potatoes, chanterelles and roasted peaches.

In the end, having run out of time, I took the simplest and quickest route, making roasted peaches with brown sugar, cinnamon and some shredded basil.

The terrific sides also include roasted peaches in bourbon, creamy corn with Cheddar, mashed sweet potatoes and cheesy, spicy corn bread.