In article >,
The Bibliographer > wrote:
>In article >,
>ASmith1946 > wrote:
>>Has anyone written (or know) histories of cheese cake
>The oldest written receipe for cheesecake comes from the work of Martino
>de' Rossi (d. c. 1468). It first appeared in publshed form in Platina's
><De honeste voluptate> (Rome, 1470; Venice, 1470). Its next appearance was
>in Giovanni Rosselli's <Epulario> (Venice, 1517, English trans. from the
>1579 ed., 1598).
> Regards, Frank Young

Actually, there is a recipe for Cheese Cake dating to Ancient Rome,
from Apicius, under the name Savillum. The recipe is attributed to
Cato.

Savillum
(Cato 84)
Adaptation by Ilaria Gozzini Giacosa in "A Taste of Ancient Rome"
translated by Anna Herklotz

Savillum hoc mod facito: Farinae selibram, casei P. II S
una commisceto quasi libum, addito mellis P. et ovum unum. Catinum
fictile oleo unguito. Ubi omnia bene commiscueris, in catinum indito,
catinum testo operito. Videto ut bene percocas medio, ubi altissimum est. Ubi
coctum erit, catinum eximito, melle unguito, papaver infriato, sub
testum subde paulisper, postea eximito. Ita pone *** captillo et lingula.


Jeff Berry ,
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