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a custard impersonating a cake, getting away with it for centuries
means A rich dessert made from soft cheese (typically cream cheese or ricotta) blended with sugar and eggs, set over a crumb or pastry base.
from A plain compound of "cheese" and "cake" — English has called cheese-based baked dishes by this name since the Middle Ages, when "cheesecake" meant a kind of cheese tart. The word's other life — "cheesecake" as slang for glamour-shot photos of women — is 20th-century American, possibly from the idea of something rich, sweet, and tempting; "beefcake" was later coined as its male counterpart.
- ancient origins
- Served to Greek Olympic athletes around 776 BC
- not cake
- Technically a custard pie, no flour required
- new york law
- State legally protects its signature dense recipe
- crack science
- Cracks form from overbaking and sudden temperature drops
- factory empire
- The Cheesecake Factory menu spans roughly 250 items
junior's cheesecake — brooklyn restaurant famous since 1950 for its dense, creamy new york-style cheesecake
lindy's original cheesecake — nyc deli that claimed to invent new york cheesecake in the 1940s, iconic dessert
the cheesecake factory — chain restaurant founded 1978 in beverly hills, operates 300+ locations globally