I'm not saying Julia Child invented the "dump cake," but her clafoutis might be the original French version. It's just six ...

The floating island, known as île flottante in French, was a favorite of Julia ... You wouldn't be remiss in not knowing the custard and egg-white-based dessert, however, as it is definitely ...

I refer, of course, to the culinary floating island, the French dessert Ile Flotante ... back to the sixth century and the discovery that egg whites could be beaten to fluffy peaks.