11.   Add more caramel sauce, and sprinkle on some chopped peanuts.

12.   Add whipped cream, top with more caramel sauce and peanuts, and serve.

13.   But if you ordered that lamb, the apple tart with cinnamon ice cream and warm caramel sauce hewed to a more traditional theme.

14.   Drizzle each piece with caramel sauce and top with whipped cream.

15.   Drizzle with warm caramel sauce.

16.   Drizzle the top and plate with warmed caramel sauce from a jar, spiked with a few tablespoons of bourbon or rum, if desired.

17.   For the final touch before serving, top pies with a dollop of sweetened whipped cream, a drizzle of fudge or caramel sauce or crushed candy.

18.   For the home cook, the recipe for caramel sauce is just sugar, usually dissolved in a little water, cooked until brown, then enriched with cream.

19.   Foie gras, on the other hand, poached in sweet wine and served on a bed of cooked fennel with peppered caramel sauce, is almost aggressively unattractive.

20.   For delightful excess, top with whipped cream or ice cream and dribble the caramel sauce on top.