The semifreddo is also wonderful, a triangle of vanilla in an almost unsweetened berry compote.

- a warm berry compote melding with slices of angel food cake - tasted sinful and delicious.

The peach melba features summer-ripe fresh fruit, and the angel food cake with a warm berry compote is as delectable as it is virtuous.

The appetizer selection includes hubbard squash soup, field greens with warm goat cheese and baked brie on puff pastry with pear and dried berry compote.

The Wild Rice Council, for example, suggests adding wild rice to a buttermilk batter and serving the cakes hot from the griddle with a warm berry compote.

A favorite among the very good desserts was ginger-orange crème brûlée with Grand Marnier sorbet and berry compote.

To make the berry compote, put the 1 1/2 pints of mixed berries in a saucepan with the water, sugar, orange rind and salt.

Serve with whipped cream or fruit, perhaps a berry compote.

Main courses include a salmon sampling, Swedish pancakes with a berry compote; and omelets with sevruga caviar or smoked sturgeon.

The rice pudding is also impressive, a circle of creamy, citrus-scented rice topped with a poached apricot and surrounded by a trio of fresh berry compotes.