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).

The Lucretia Borgia Cookbook was written by two
historians who were also food-lovers. The premise
of the book is that it contains the favorite recipes
of some of histories most infamous characters.

One of the recipes in it is "Herod's Cheesecake", which
was supposed to be Herod's favorite food. I'm pretty
sure they didn't find an actual written recipe for it
but extrapolated it from other writings by or about Herod.
But it's a pretty damn good recipe. Adapted to modern
American ingredients, it contains brown sugar and ground
almonds and honey, among other things.

Anyway, I'm sure that the exact origins are cheesecake
are lost in the mists of time.

Kate





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Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?