"This is the only tarte tatin recipe that deals with all the problems successfully ... these include pastry cooking faster than the apples resulting in undercooked apples or overcooked pastry, apples giving off excessive liquid which then soaks the pastry on being turned out, caramel sticking to the pan, caramel not diffusing throughout the "

"This is the only tarte tatin recipe that deals with all the problems successfully ... these include pastry cooking faster than the apples resulting in undercooked apples or overcooked pastry, apples giving off excessive liquid which then soaks the pastry on being turned out, caramel sticking to the pan, caramel not diffusing throughout the appes. "

"This is the only recipe that tells you to do what is obvious after you know - baste the apples with the caramel while they are cooking so you get even colouration and well caramelized apples [and will some of you, including some professionals, PLEASE stop calling caramel "carmel".] She also is the only one on here who includes the addition of lemo"

"Yes, the quantity of water is excessive for the caramel, you only need enough to wet it. I also found it too sweet and so I halved the quantity of sugar and preferred the result. Yes, the caramel may not dissolve. The solution is to add more butter or a little water when caramelization is complete. Yes, the apples were undercooked and there was "

"I found that this recipe had a very authentic taste ... I would advise against marinating for more than 4 hours though ... the enzymes in the yoghurt and the ginger can make the chicken mushy as they are proteolytic [protein dissolving]."

"The recipe suffered because the asparagus was not peeled. [Was Julia Child the only professional cook who peels her asparagus?] I repeated it with peeled asparagus and it was considerably improved."

"I tweaked this recipe slightly so my rating is not a true reflection of the original recipe but the changes were small ones. I used a whole can of pumpkin [15 oz. instead of a cup so as not to have to waste the rest.] I also used light olive oil instead of butter for health reasons. [This requires using a little less oil and adding some liquid to "

"I tweaked this recipe slightly so my rating is not a true reflection of the original recipe but the changes were small ones. I used a whole can of pumpkin (15 oz. instead of a cup so as not to have to waste the rest.) I also used light olive oil instead of butter for health reasons (this requires using a little less oil and adding some liquid to a"