http://cheesecakestogo.biz/blog Yummy cheesecake recipes and tips on cheesecakes! Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:07:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en What’s your favorite birthday cake? For me, nothing beats cheesecake. In fact, I can’t imagine what the world was like before cheesecake was created!Turns out, you’d have to search back pretty far to find a time when the Earth was cheesecake free. In fact, way back in 776 BC, long ... http://cheesecakestogo.biz/blog/?p=72 There’s no question the Internet has made gift giving easier, but can a present you order online be as impressive as one you hand pick, wrap and mail yourself? What makes one gift – whether a birthday present, holiday gift, business thank you, or expression of sympathy – more meaningful ... http://cheesecakestogo.biz/blog/?p=70 Deirdre von Ansbach was a delightful piece of work. In the best and most outrageous tradition of Mame’s Agnes Gooch, she had lived. She quit walking down the aisle once she acquired a "von" in her last name. She took on airs, as some might say (and some did). But ... http://cheesecakestogo.biz/blog/?p=68 Aideen Cassidy had never set foot in Ireland but if she had, she could have been a poster maid for the Emerald Isle. The faintest auburn freckles seemed to be covered with a watery film of skin as white as skimmed milk with nary a touch of ... http://cheesecakestogo.biz/blog/?p=65 Aunt Myrtie couldn’t bake her way out of a paper bag (not to coin a phrase) but she pulled a rabbit (culinary triumph) out of three chilled, styrofoam containers. Best of all, no one was the wiser. Who among us does not admire ingenuity? The custom at family holiday feasts was ... http://cheesecakestogo.biz/blog/?p=67 Jeff’s obsession with Susanna began on their first day in the First Grade. He was skinny and gangly. She reminded him of the elfin princesses who flitted across the pages of picture books; she was delicate, graceful. By high school, Susanna was the poster child for dewy, ethereal beauty. Now ... http://cheesecakestogo.biz/blog/?p=66 Any meal at Gram’s table was one to savor – the food as well as the family stories. The re-telling of the old favorites became more fun as soon as the dessert was served. And although no one had ever bothered to chart which desserts seemed to ... http://cheesecakestogo.biz/blog/?p=64 Francine adopted a philosophical attitude the moment the stores replaced the Christmas decorations with the Valentine merchandise. Presto! Hearts of red or pink or of polka dots seemed to be everywhere. There were flat hearts, embossed hearts, box hearts. Aisles of greeting cards were awash with Valentines ... http://cheesecakestogo.biz/blog/?p=63 If someone had told me this story, I wouldn’t have believed it. But from the get-go, I was a witness and before the beginning had become yesterday’s news, my best friend and I observed the metamorphosis of Paula – Pudgy Paula, we called her which wasn’t kind ... http://cheesecakestogo.biz/blog/?p=62 Gerry arrived at the assisted living wing of the multi-tasking facility for the warehousing of the aging with an expectancy reminiscent of the first day he went to school – excited, optimistic, but a tad apprehensive. He was a shadow of his former robust self – not ... http://cheesecakestogo.biz/blog/?p=61