National Cheesecake Day: Celebrating sugar and cream cheese
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Posted: 07/30/2012
Dessert lovers rejoice! Today is National Cheesecake Day, and here's something that may surprise you.
The creamy, sweet goodness has a connection to the Olympics. It was thought to be a good source of energy in ancient Greece.
It was served to the first Olympians in 776 BC.
But the dessert we all know and love as cheesecake -- the stuff with cream cheese-- actually got it start in New York in the 1870's.
Arnold Reuben -- yes the same Reuben of sandwich fame -- is credited with creating the cheese-based recipe for the New York-style cheesecake.
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