Vanilla-scented duck with lavender honey, white-bean cassoulet and an admirable nod to German meats like bockwurst all give us the pleasurable shudders.

Mr. Rozenbaum, below, keeps bees and sells lavender honey ($8 a pound).

A flan flavored with vanilla bean and lavender honey was firm and dense, smelling of a lush seaside garden.

In New York, David Bouley arranges sauteed scallops on a bed of al dente asparagus touched with lime juice and lavender honey.

Among other new products are Huguel Miel de Provence lavender honey and wild mountain honey, both in 500-milliliter (16.6-ounce) jars for $12.49.

He uses lavender flowers as a garnish and to enhance the lavender honey in marinades and glazes for duck and chicken.

Delicately fragrant lavender honey is used in making nougat.

Fresh figs do well roasted with lavender honey, then strewn with lavender buds.

French chefs have long shellacked game birds with their indigenous lavender honey, and Italians seem to have an inborn appreciation for chestnut honey's bitter astringency.

I also like to make my own lavender honey.