Mike Avery wrote:

I did see a very neat recipe on TV. Sadly, I have no idea which show,
or even which network. It was a French recipe, and my Francophobia
means the name was out of my memory before it had a chance to settle
in.
Mike

I think you may have seen a "Tarte Tatin":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarte_Tatin

Dave