"tatin sisters" news and stories

Maybe you accidentally used salt while beating the batter for your cheesecake. That's a flop in the kitchen alright, but it certainly doesn't taste good (I would know - I've done it). However, there are kitchen "accidents" that resulted in some of today's most famous foods and dishes. The Chicago Tribune lists some of the best mistakes we've ever made, and includes recipes.

• Jean-Georges Vongerichten  "invented" the molten chocolate lava cake in 1987 while trying to make 300 small chocolate cakes for a party
• We all know the birth of chocolate chip cookies when Ruth Wakefield thought Nestle Toll House chocolate chips would melt into her cookies
• Gooey butter cake is a coffee cake that went wrong in St. Louis
• When the Tatin sisters forgot to line a pie dish for apple pie, the Tarte Tatin was created