I ran across an interesting article about the crossed-aldol condensation of various aldehydes with Acetone.
Wonder if it might be applicable to honey? The Semimicroscale hydrogenation apparatus set up is interesting anyway:
http://journals.springer-ny.com/chedr/sample/13smi897.htm (http://journals.springer-ny.com/chedr/sample/13smi897.htm)
The reaction as is is not applicable to MD-phenyl-2-propanone or MD-Phenyl-2-butanone, but I agree, it is a very nifty setup.