The Best: Cheesecakes

[Holly Moore]

Serious Eats NY exploration of cheesecakes has increased my food cravings by one. Any NY City caliber cheesecakes in Philadelphia? Nothing fancy, just a classic New York cheesecake.

I like Famous Fourth's but my sense is that it is too giant a portion to be a great cheesecake too.

Edited October 24, 2009 by Holly Moore (log)

[Aloha Steve]

IMHO the best cheesecake on the planet, creamy, melts in your mouth is the Carnegie Deli Cheesecake. I've yet to get the crust just right however I got the filling almost 100%. Its published on their site here.

I used 1/3 cup of cream instead of whats called for.

I think one can make it at home and it be as good as any commercially made cheesecake.

[shellbellc]

Hmmm, the link to the recipe didn't work...do you happen to have it available??

[Aloha Steve]

Hmmm, the link to the recipe didn't work...do you happen to have it available??

Since my recent post and your check, they have changed their website, that's why the link does not work.

I will PM you the recipe. Hopefully I have it saved electronically and don't have to scan my much stained hard copy

[rlibkind]

Try Darling's. It's pretty good. (I speak as someone who had a proposal of marriage because of my cheesecake brought to a loft party in SoHo some 35 years ago.)