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Article: CHEESECAKE
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- November 23, 1989
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Cheesecake is not nearly as ubiquitous as it once was, say five
or even ten years ago. Time was a person couldn't go near a mom and
pop style deli or an upscale gourmet take-out without tripping into
a cheesecake that purveyors promised was the richest, gooey-ist,
most outrageous cheesecake ever consumed.
Well, the hyperbole is gone. There is still cheesecake in
bakeries and specialty shops, but the exaggerated claims have been
put to rest. It may be that demand has diminished as cholesterol
conscious consumers have turned to less conspicuously fattening
desserts.
For comparison's sake, we did sample several over-the-counter
varieties. A colleague suggested we try Sara Lee, which many ...