Cheesecake by Kurlansky, Mark
Cheesecake by Kurlansky, Mark

Cheesecake

From New York Times bestselling author Mark Kurlansky, a delectable novel following one Manhattan block as an...
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Author: Mark Kurlansky
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Language: English
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Cheesecake by Kurlansky, Mark

Cheesecake

$41.51
Cheesecake by Kurlansky, Mark

Cheesecake

$41.51
Author: Mark Kurlansky
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description

From New York Times bestselling author Mark Kurlansky, a delectable novel following one Manhattan block as an ancient cheesecake recipe-and a conniving landlord-change the Upper West Side forever.

West 86th Street knows its desserts. It's the 1970s, and poppyseed strudel, praline ice cream cake, and New York cheesecake are as integral to Manhattan's Upper West Side as clustered pigeons, suited doormen, and greasy diners. That is, until Cato comes to town. Cato the Elder, a Roman born in 234 BCE, is credited with the earliest written recipe ever found. A recipe for . . . cheesecake. No cream cheese, no graham cracker crust, somehow savory and sweet, the recipe is enigmatic-and suddenly, it's all anyone on West 86th Street can talk about.

The Katsikases, a Greek cheesemaking family who immigrated to open a restaurant in New York, added Cato's pastry to their menu as a ploy to attract "upscale" diners. After a glowing write-up in the Times, the recipe becomes a neighborhood fixation-and the Katsikases' patriarch, Art, buys up as much of the block's real estate as he can. As the portentous pastry appears in the lives of the old-school residents Art is pricing out of their apartments, a sidewalk view of West 86th Street emerges: A high-profile family planning a high-pressure bat mitzvah, a painter's muse with a terrible secret, an eccentric art collector plotting revenge. Sometimes laced with green M&Ms, sometimes with sage, sometimes with spite, Cato's cheesecake heralds change as West 86th Street is transformed for good.

Author: Mark Kurlansky
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 07/15/2025
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.95w x 0.88d
ISBN: 9781639735723


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/19/2025
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2025
Library Journal 06/01/2025 pg. 81
Shelf Awareness 07/12/2025
Booklist 06/01/2025 pg. 21

About the Author
Mark Kurlansky is the New York Times bestselling author of Milk!, Havana, Paper, The Big Oyster, 1968, Salt, The Basque History of the World, Cod, and Salmon, among other titles. His most recent book, The Core of an Onion, was published by Bloomsbury in 2023. He has received the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, Bon Appétit's Food Writer of the Year Award, the James Beard Award, and the Glenfiddich Award. He is a regular contributor to the Los Angeles Times and frequently contributes to the New York Times and the London Guardian. A four-time Jeopardy clue, he lives in New York City.
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