From New York Timesbestselling author Mark Kurlansky, a delectable novel following an ancient recipe for cheesecake as it spreads through the Upper West sidefrom the restaurant of a conniving landlord to the kitchens of the oldschool New Yorkers hes trying to force outand to the parties, feasts, and apartments theyre not willing to give up that easily.The Katsikases have found a home in New York. A Greek cheesemaking family who immigrated in hopes of opening a restaurant, theyve found the perfect storefront on the upandcoming Upper West Side. They decide to call it The Katz Brothers. (Close enough, they think.) The diner becomes a neighborhood favoriteuntil Art Katsikas begins buying up all the real estate he can, forcing out their old regulars and scheming to replace the neighborhoods strudel shops and artists with ritzy boutiques and the nouveau riche.Meanwhile, at The Katz Brothers, the Katsikases rush to prepare for this new clientele by introducing a new modern classical cuisine, changing the diners name to Mykonos, and deciding to serve Catos Cheesecake, an ancient Roman recipe known to be the oldest ever found. Sure enough, the enigmatic recipe is a hit, even minted by the New York Times restaurant critic. Soon the cheesecake is all over the Upper West Side, and wild interpretations of Catos vision appear at the parties, feasts, and bakeries of old New Yorkers struggling to keep their withering community alive. Sometimes laced with green M&Ms, sometimes with sage...

Binding: Hardback;240 pages; Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA; Classification: FA; Weight: 472 g; Dimensions: 148 x 217 x 23

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