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The Ancient Cheesecake Project

“Am I alone to sacrifice without
Having a taste allow'd me of the entrails,
Without a cheesecake, without frankincense?”

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“I believe that learning the beginnings of cheesecake and its place in different cultures should humble us all”

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As I fight with some thoughts and find a way to write them down, here’s skipping back to December, when a slice of this brown sugar cheesecake I’d made felt like tucking back into a warm blanket on mornings the snow fell against the windo
I have a thing for beautiful things. #midnightcheesecake
Dive into the cheesecake, then perform five backstrokes into the chocolate cake layer and take one freestyle stroke to the marshmallow layer. A few somersaults in between, some flip turns, and keep repeating. You’ll get the hang of it. #midnigh
I was in Dubai when I started baking cheesecake at the start of the decade. Since then, up until now: ✨Started a blog with a preposterous name. Stopped actually blogging somewhere in the middle of it. ⚡️Expanded the concept into selling my cakes to m
Probably this is one time you don't need to worry about that jiggle in the middle, or the cracks on the surface, or whether you benefit by using a water bath for a cheesecake. Because these are cheesecake cookies, and really, they are just the perfec
Persimmons and apricots are soulmates, I believe. How else can one explain the way they complement each other like this, especially on cheesecake? Slices of ripe fuyu persimmon are laid on top of a lemony cheesecake, brûléed, and then gl
Sitting down for a while and taking in the memories of a Saturday night, spent in a gorgeous studio loft (in a building that was once a knitting factory!) amongst a group of kind people who came to hear me talk about my love for cheesecake and some h
This fall, I had meant to try levelling up a saffron laced #pumpkin cheesecake, but I can never stop myself at the sight of the most beautiful, deep orange hued juicy bursts of #autumn, so lyrically named persimmon. Shaped like a plump little beefste
A very simple, no-fuss ricotta cheesecake. Unadorned. And two more weeks to finish up a vision that I will send into the universe. #midnightcheesecake
I guess most #cheesecaketruffles are made with a no-bake cheesecake filling because it’s the easiest thing to do. I don’t do easy, and I don’t do no-bake cheesecake, so here’s my version with a baked cheesecake filling. Yes, i
Forever thankful for that moment a year ago, when I decided to add saffron into my pumpkin spice cheesecake. It was a beautiful match, so groovy and delicious! I am taking it up a notch this #thanksgiving by.... wait! You’ll know when it’
Excited to continue experimenting and working on my draft that had been lying away ignored for a whole month. Newer learnings about cheesecake have been made, and I have almost 50 recipes more to tackle. Reminding myself constantly that it is all wor