twt@uicsl.UUCP (10/02/83)
#N:uicsl:3800008:000:378 uicsl!twt Oct 1 14:05:00 1983 I don't know if this topic has been covered recently on this newsgroup, but if it has please bear with me. I am presently looking for the perfect cheesecake. (Along with the perfect quiche and the perfect french onion soup, but that's not the purpose of this note). If anyone can please let me know how to make the perfect cheesecake, I'd appreciate it. Thanks Mary
leimkuhl@uiuccsb.UUCP (10/06/83)
#R:uicsl:3800008:uiuccsb:7000007:000:1116 uiuccsb!leimkuhl Oct 5 14:41:00 1983 In my opinion, there is no such thing as a "perfect cheesecake." Cheesecake, like fruit juice and government, comes in many varieties. Some cheesecakes that are right for an elegant dinner party would be completely out of place at an informal gathering, so the cook really has to select the right cake for the right occasion. Now with that qualification let me tell you about a book devoted to the study of cheesecakes: "The Joy of Cheesecake." My copy is not on hand at the moment so I cannot give you any more details, but any decent bookstore should be able to order it for you. In TJOC, you will find a hundred recipes for cheescakes of all kinds, but more importantly, the book is crammed with tricks of the trade that can go a long way towards making every cake a success: for example, few people are aware that sliding a sharp knife around the edge of the springform pan after baking but prior to cooling will go a long way towards preventing serious "Grand Canyon" cracks on the surface of the cake, or that the best way to slice a cheese- cake is with dental floss. - Ben Leimkuhler
fahey@inuxd.UUCP (Randall Fahey) (10/07/83)
Mary:
Baby Watson's IS a good cheesecake, but hardly #1.
I've discovered several that approach this level though:
1) Cheesy Eddie's Rochester, New York
2) Rowinsky's Boston, MA (However, the shop had disappeared
the last time I was in Harvard Sq.!)
3) ????? (a small diner in Montclair, New Jersey-- a freind
gave me one of their cakes a few years back and
it was heaven. Anyone know the name of the diner?)
4) Baby Watson's fits in here somewhere.
Of course, there are all those New Yorkers who claim Lindy's has
the last word in cheesecake. I was there in August, and was so
unimpressed I didn't even finish it.
Randall Fahey
AT&T CP, Indpls, INhnc@hou5f.UUCP (10/07/83)
The cheesecake from Montclair was probably from the old Claremont diner which had the best cheesecake that I have ever had. Unfortunately, it burned down a few years ago, and though it was rebuilt, the quality was never the same. The best cheesecake that I have had recently (about 1 year ago) was Junior's in Brooklyn. The neighborhood is not great, but the food makes the risk semi-worthwhile. Howard Cohen ATTIS
mbr@fortune.UUCP (10/11/83)
Baby Watson, indeed! Try Rowinski's Cheesecake (Hvd. Sq. - Cambridge) ...!fortune!mbr
mbr@fortune.UUCP (10/11/83)
Rowinski's has disappeared from Hvd. Sq.?????? Heaven forfend. Is nothing sacred?
hammy@mit-eddie.UUCP (J. Scott Hamilton) (10/28/83)
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