Pancakes v.s Waffles

Pancakes and waffles. 2 out of the many delightful and most common breakfast items here in the U.S. They are both so delicious but which one is more than the other. You may be one of those people that say that there is no way of choosing just one. Or you may be indecisive on which one you really like best. In order to help you get a good idea on both, i am going to talk about where they started and some interesting facts about both. What will it be? Pancakes or waffles?

So first off, what is a pancake? A pancake is a flat cake, often thin, and round, prepared from a starch-based batter and cooked on a hot surface such as a griddle or frying pan. It is fluffy , light and can be accompanied by fresh fruit and a touch of syrup. Pancakes are ancient food. The word pancakes appears in print as early as 1430. Pancakes may have been around since Neolithic humans domesticated einkorn wheat, ground it into flour mixed with bird’s egg and goat’s milk and poured the batter on a heated rock. The ancient cooks dropped a little gruel on a hot rock of campfire, resulting in thin cakes that were tastier than plain gruel or cakes cooked directly in the embers of the fire.The ancient Greeks used griddles to cook a flat loaf drizzled with honey called ‘kreion’ and cakes of soft cheese. Medieval pancakes, frequently made form barley or rye and lacking leavening, were relatively heavy affairs. They were quite different from contemporary fluffy or tender versions.

The ingredients for pancakes can be seen to symbolize four points of significance at this time of year:

Eggs ~ Creation

Flour ~ The staff of life

Salt ~ Wholesomeness

Milk ~ Purity

Nowadays pancakes are prepared similar how they were back then. Pancakes have a variety and differing amounts of ingredients are used, but the following are the primary ones: dry ingredients are flour, leavening, some sugar, salt, with wet ones, such as milk or buttermilk, eggs, and some melted butter or oil. Sometimes flavorings, chocolate chips, fruit purees, berries, etc. are added to pancake and waffle batters for a wide multitude of variations. Pancakes are such a great hit that it even has it own special day.

Pancake Day or Pancake Tuesday is the name by which Shrove Tuesday is also known in Britain and Ireland, and Australia. It is celebrated on 12th February .Pancake Day is celebrated every year in all 'My Old Dutch' Restaurants, which are in Kensington, Holborn and Chelsea. Unfortunately, due to high demand - bookings are not taken in the restaurants. Queues will form outside the restaurants at peak times. On this day there are things like Pancake Races , Tossing Pancakes , and much more.

Waffles aren't much different to the pancake. They are made up of the same ingredients but the shape and size if very different. Waffles are made from a batter consisting of flour, eggs, sugar, butter, milk and baking powder. The baking powder helps the waffle acquire the fluffy texture. Waffles are cooked on a waffle iron and can come in a variety of shapes and sizes.

Waffles originated in the early Middle Ages, around the period of the9th-10th centuries.Belgium has a large variety of waffles. Liège waffles, the most popular Belgian waffle variety, are rumored to have been invented during the 18th century by the chef of the prince-bishop of Liège. However, there are no German, French, Dutch, or Belgian cookbooks that contain references to them. A full Gaufre de Liège recipe does not appear until 1921.

The Liège waffle is a richer, denser, sweeter, and chewier waffle. It is native to the greater Wallonia region of Eastern Belgium, and it is alternately know as gaufres de chasse or hunting waffles. They're an adaptation of brioche bread dough, featuring chunks of pearl sugar which caramelize on the outside of the
waffle when baked. The Belgian waffle made its first American appearance at the 1962 World’s Fair in Seattle. But it was at the 1964-65 World's Fair hosted in Queens, N.Y that Belgian native Maurice Vermersch and his family made the waffle's popularity skyrocket. 

Waffles also got their own day becuase of the love people have for them. . This holiday originated in Sweden. It is called Våffeldagen. The holiday coincides with the Feast of the Annunciation. This day was also considered the start of spring in Sweden and Europe. It became a custom for Swedish families to celebrate the two events by making waffles on this day.The alternative Waffle Day began in the USA and honors the anniversary of the patenting of the first US waffle iron invented by Cornelius Swarthout of Troy, New York and is celebrated on 24th August.

Whichever day is picked to honor the waffle and the pancake they're both certainly deserving of celebration because they are remarkable and are handy to have for breakfast, lunch or dinner, snack or dessert. So after all this new knowledge that you collected about theses breakfast items, which one is your favorite? Pancake, or waffles?

Tacos v.s. Burritos

Tacos and burritos are some of the best Mexican authentic foods. There has been a big dilemma on which one is better. We all have different opinions on whether you like tacos, burritos or even both. To help you guys choose on which one you guys like better I am going to talk about both of these food choices and let you guys decide which one is the best for you. So what is it gonna be tacos, or burritos?

Personally I like Burritos the best so that is why I am going to talk a little on where the burrito was originated from and what makes it so awesome. One of the things that I found interesting about the burrito is how it got its name. If you know Spanish, the you should know that a "Burro" means donkey . When you think about it, it you know that a burrito usually don't have any donkey in it so its name probably didn't come from that. It has been said that a man named Juan Mendez from Chihuahua, Mexico used a donkey to carry around his supplies for his food cart. To keep the food warm, he would wrap it up in a big homemade flour tortilla. I think that this story can be somewhat true but i guess we will never really know. The burrito first appeared in the early 1900s, right around the time of the Mexican-American war, this quick, easy food item quickly became popular. Thus, the theory is that the concoction got its name because it was sold out of a donkey cart.

Whether Juan Mendez sold burritos on a donkey cart or had something to do with how popular they became, it’s unlikely that he created the burrito. The Diccionario de Mexicanismos has an entry for the burrito as early as 1895, quite a few years before Juan’s time. The entry states that a burrito is “A rolled tortilla with meat or other ingredients inside, called ‘coçito’ in Yucatán and ‘taco’ in the city of Cuernavaca and in Mexico City.” The term burrito was popular in Guanajuato, a state in central Mexico. As the dictionary entry is the only hard and fast evidence we have to show where burritos came from, the idea that they originated in Guanajuato seems to be the most likely. However the food got its name, it certainly caught on quickly and has evolved a great deal since it was first created. A simple mix of meat, cheese, and tomato has turned into a full-blow meal with rice, beans, meat, cheese, vegetables, and sauces wrapped up in a heavy-duty tortilla.

The burrito made its way into the US in the 1900s. The first mention of a burrito on a U.S. menu was in the 1930s at the El Cholo Spanish Café in Los Angeles, though burritos had likely been making the rounds in the states before then. California is still well-known for its burritos, with the Mission burrito—arguably the most popular style of burrito in the United States—originating in San Francisco. The Mission burrito is wrapped up in a tortilla and then again in aluminum foil—this is the sort that is commonly served at restaurants like Chipotle, Qdoba, and Freebirds. I could really go for a burrito right now. How about you?

So on to the taco. Tacos can either be served in a taco shell or a soft shell. In 2012 alone people in the U.S. consumed 4.5 billion tacos. That's alot of tacos! Tacos have a long history that has been said to start during the 19th century. But of coarse we will never really know. The first recorded taco party in history was recorded in 15 20 by Herman Cortes. It was right before he went to go kill the Aztecs which makes it a little weird. It is believed that the origin of the taco started in Mexican silver mines. During this time a taco was known as a piece of paper wrapped around gunpowder. I definitely wouldn't want to bite into one of those things. have you ever realized that taquitos look similar to a stick of dynamite? Taquito is a Spanish word that translates to small taco. the taco isn't an age-old cultural food, and it is fairly new, compared to some of the other Mexican foods dating back to Aztec times.

Many women migrants brought tacos to Mexico City to sell for income. These women eventually made Mexico City into the hub for tacos, with many different styles and kinds of tacos that people could sample. The taco originally came to the U.S. through migrants that traveled to the Los Angeles area in the early 1900s. It was originally seen as a low-class street food. The tacos that were sold as street food in the U.S. were not traditional tacos that you would find in Mexico. This is due to the fact that the ingredients that are available in the United States are not the same as the ingredients that are available in Mexico.

Tacos were originally in a soft tortilla. It wasn't until 1947 that the hard shelled taco was used because the original tortilla did not stay fresh for very long. In 1954 Glen Bell opens up a little taco stand called Taco Tia. Later on in Downey California, he opens up the first Mexican fast food franchise called Taco Bell. Because the taco was so popular hit nation wide, it has its own appreciation day on October 4th. As i had said before in 2012 alone people in the U.S. consumed 4.5 billion tacos. That is 490,00 miles long of tacos. It is actually enough to get to the moon and back. 750 million pounds of taco that is , which is also the weight of the empire state building. Actually not just one but 2 empire state buildings!

No matter if you choose tacos or burritos I am going to leave that up to you to choose. There is not denying that both are eaten by millions of consumers each year. They are convenient when you don't know what to make for lunch or dinner. So what will it be, taco or burrito? 

History of Lindt Lindor Chocolates

The worlds most Delicious, most amazing, most creamiest chocolate know to man. There is absolutely no chocolate that can be better than lindt lindor chocolate. Well to me at least it is. This is not your ordinary Hershey bar or a snickers, it is way more than that. This little chocolate truffle is packed with passion, craftsmanship, innovation and quality of Lindt tradition that dates back to 1845.

Rodolphe Lindt (1855 - 1909) founded a chocolate factory in Bern in 1879. He developed two important improvements in manufacture which made his chocolate much smoother and less bitter than that of its rivals, as well as being easier to mould. Lindt put the chocolate mixture into a roller grinder where it was kept moving for 3 days. The action warmed the mixture and the movement aerated it. He further refined the chocolate by adding cocoa butter. The experiment was so successful that he had a special machine built which he called a "conch" because of its vaguely shell-like, long, thin shape.

There was a big advantage to this which was that after the conching process, the chocolate had become liquid and could be poured into moulds. This made production much faster: previously the paste had been much more solid, and had to be pressed into the moulds by hand. Later on Lindt came from a wealthy Bernese family, and was more interested in the quality of his output than he was in making money. He made no attempt to expand his company, or to attract as many customers as possible. He decided himself who he would sell to, and how much, targeting the best social circles, including wealthy foreigners. His chocolate became famous not only because of its quality, but also because of its scarcity.

However, Lindt, and two of his relatives, August and Walter, resigned in 1905 - and almost immediately registered a new company under the name of A and W Lindt. Sprüngli brought a case for breach of contract which took 20 years to settle - by which time Sprüngli himself was dead. A and W Lindt was wound up, and the Lindt & Sprüngli business has continued to thrive and now has production facilities in a number of countries all over the world.

Though the shape and design have evolved over time, the secret of Lindor's smooth-melting recipe has remained unchanged for more than 60 years. Since 1949, Lindor has delighted millions with its delectable combination of exquisitely smooth chocolate and the artistic mastery of Lindt's Master Chocolatiers. Since 1949, Lindor has delighted millions with its delectable combination of exquisitely smooth chocolate and the artistic mastery of Lindt's Master Chocolatiers. But how is this exquisitely smooth chocolate made you may ask? They are made of high quality chocolate and use only cocoa butter. Yes they may be a little high in priced but it is totally worth it. I honestly believe that if you haven't tried this chocolate before , you very much should . Here are some of the different Chocolate truffles this chocolate company has came up with.

• Milk Chocolate 
• Ultimate
• White Chocolate 
• Dark Chocolate 
• Caramel
• Sea Salt 
• 60% Extra Dark Chocolate
• Stracciatella 
• Hazelnut 
• Vanilla 
• Peanut Butter 
• Raspberry
• Mint
• Orange/Dark Chocolate 
• Coffee 

History of the Oreo

Oreos are one of the many yummy cookies in the United States and world wide. There is a variety of the many different flavors of the Oreo cookie. They have a long history, like 100 years long ! It all started with an dream to take biscuits to the next level.

The Oreo was born on March 6, 1912. In 1898 there were many companies that came together to make what we now call Nabisco which is the creator of the famous Oreo. The original idea was to take two buttery biscuit rounds made of chocolate and fill with some creme in the middle. The first Oreo is very alike to the one we have today only that the design on the biscuit is different . The Oreo is designed with a patterned thin edge and center. The name OREO is placed in the middle of the cookie. The two outer disks are wafers and filled with what we call the creme. The shape and design of the Oreo cookie didn't change much until Nabisco began selling various versions of the cookie. In 1975, Nabisco released their DOUBLE STUF Oreos. Nabisco continued to create variations. Some of these variations were Fudge covered Oreos introduced in 1987, Halloween Oreos introduced in 1991, and Christmas Oreos that were introduced in 1995.

One of the things that Oreo lovers constantly ask is how did Oreos get there name? We are not exactly sure. Some believe that the cookie's name was taken from the French word for gold, "or" (the main color on early Oreo packages). Others claim the name stemmed from the shape of a hill-shaped test version; thus naming the cookie in Greek for mountain, "Oreo." Still others believe the name is a combination of taking the "re" from "cream" and placing it between the two "o"s in "chocolate" - making "o-re-o." No matter how it got named, over 362 billion Oreo cookies have been sold since it was first introduced in 1912, making it the best selling cookie of the 20th century.

The oreo is also in over 100 countries but is the most popular in the United States. At this current time there has now been over 491 billion cookies sold and produced here. The oreo cookie in the U.S. is "egg and dairy free." The oreo is made now at supposedly 21 bakeries world wide. How do you eat your oreo cookie? Do you know that almost half of the people that eat oreos do what we call the "Twist, Lick, Dunk Ritual?" It is where you take apart the cookie and eat one side first. They say that "women do it more than men."

Oreo has big flavor in every little bite. It it one of the things that we have all grown up with which means we should always have a little place in our heart for it . I know i do!

Here are some of the many different flavors that Oreo has to offer:
United States:
Red Velvet
Cookie Dough
Marshmallow Crispy
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup
Pumpkin Spice
Fruit Punch
Root Beer Float
Limeade
Carmel Apple

China:
Oreo green tea ice cream: Oreo cookie with green tea ice cream flavor crème with a cooling sensation that simulates ice cream.
Oreo wafers: Oreo in a traditional wafer cookie form that’s popular in China
Oreo Double-Fruit in Orange & Mango and Raspberry & Blueberry crème

Indonesia:Oreo Vanilla
Oreo Chocolate
Oreo Double Delight (Chocolate and Peanut)
Oreo Strawberry
Oreo Blueberry Ice Cream
Oreo Orange Ice Cream
Oreo Golden Vanilla

Argentina:
Oreo “x3” (pronounced “Por Tres”) — features three layers of cookie, and two layers of creme
Oreo Duo — features a layer of creme featuring two complementary “half and half” flavors. Two varieties: Strawberry and vanilla; banana and dulce de leche
Oreo Alfajor—three layers of Oreo cookie and crème covered in chocolate in the form of a traditional Argentine snack cake

Mexico:
Oreo Trio Chocolate—three different chocolates in the same Oreo
Oreo Cookies & Crème
Oreo Double Stuf
Oreo Dark Fudge
Oreo White Fudge

The History of Honey

Honey is probably the best sweetener man has ever came into contact with. It is made by bees and their power of converting nectar into honey. Honey contains only 14-18% water and complex natural sugars. This sweetener has many uses and is absolutely delightful. It is hard to say how long honey has been in existence. Cave paintings in Spain from 7000BC show the earliest records of beekeeping, however, fossils of honey bees date back about 150 million years!

The earliest record of keeping bees in hives was found in the sun temple erected in 2400BC near Cairo. The bee featured frequently in Egyptian hieroglyphs and, being favored by the pharaohs, often symbolized royalty. Bees were subdued with smoke ,and trees and rocks were resulting of destruction of their colony. With so many food sweeteners now, it is hard to appreciate the sweetness of honey. Honey was very much appreciate by Ancient Egyptians because honey had a role in births, deaths and marriages; it was believed to provide the energy and inspiration to create a child. There are many different kinds of stories about how honey was used. Some of the stories were like the legend of how Cupid dipped his love arrows in honey before aiming at unsuspecting lovers. In the Old Testament of the Bible, Israel was often referred to as “the land of milk and honey.” Mead, an alcoholic drink made from honey was called “nectar of the gods,” high praise indeed. Honey was valued highly and often used as a form of currency, tribute, or offering. In the 11th century A.D., German peasants paid their feudal lords in honey and beeswax.

The Greeks, as well as the Romans made honey cakes and offered them to the gods. The Greeks viewed honey as not only an important food, but also as a healing medicine. Greek recipe books were full of sweets and cakes made from honey. Cheeses were mixed with honey to make cheesecakes, described by Euripides in the fifth century BC as being “steeped most thoroughly in the rich honey of the golden bee.”Not only was it the Greeks that used honey but also the Romans. The Romans also used honey as a gift to the gods and they used it extensively in cooking. Beekeeping flourished throughout the Roman empire. Once Christianity was established, honey and beeswax production increased greatly to meet the demand for church candles.

The word honey comes from the English word "hunig" which was a worldwide sweeter. With more than 300 varietals of honey found in the United States, ranging greatly in flavor, aroma and color, honey is a unique ingredient that helps home cooks and professional chefs create countless recipes in the kitchen. Not only is it good for recipes it is also in many different types of medicines and in moisturizers. There is a big list of the many benefits of honey like...

1. Prevent cancer and heart disease:
Honey contains flavoring, antioxidants which help reduce the risk of some cancers and heart disease.

2. Reduce ulcers and other gastrointestinal disorders.
Recent research shows that honey treatment may help disorders such as ulcers and bacterial gastroenteritis. This may be related to the 3rd benefit…

3. Anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-fungal:
“All honey is antibacterial, because the bees add an enzyme that makes hydrogen peroxide,” said Peter Molan, director of the Honey Research Unit at the University of Waikato in New Zealand.

4. Increase athletic performance.
Ancient Olympic athletes would eat honey and dried figs to enhance their performance. This has now been verified with modern studies, showing that it is superior in maintaining glycogen levels and improving recovery time than other sweeteners.

5. Reduce cough and throat irritation:
Honey helps with coughs, particularly buckwheat honey. In a study of 110 children, a single dose of buckwheat honey was just as effective as a single dose of dextromethorphan in relieving nocturnal cough and allowing proper sleep.

Honey is a miracle food; it never goes bad. It was reported that archaeologists found 2000 year old jars of honey in Egyptian tombs and they still tasted delicious! Many people find it rather surprising that bacteria cannot grow in honey because all things being equal, bacteria loves sugar. These are some of the facts why sugar is the best sweetneer man has ever came into contact with. It should be much more appreciated and so should the bees. Thank you honey bees!

The History of Pizza

Pizza was invented by George Washington. After he had become the first president of the United States he got really hungry and.... Just Kidding !

There is a much more interesting story behind the history of pizza then you really think. Pizza goes way back, we don't know exactly when it originated or where? Some people say Italy, some others say Greece. Egypt perhaps?The pizza could have been invented by the Phoenicians, the Greeks, Romans, or anyone who learned the secret of mixing flour with water and heating it on a hot stone.

What we do know is that that pizza dates back to at least the 1st Century B.C. The word pizza is believed to be from an Old Italian word meaning "a point," which in turn became the Italian word "pizzicare," which means "to pinch" or "pluck."At the height of the Persian Empire, it is said that the soldiers of Darius the Great (521-486 B.C.), accustomed to lengthy marches, baked a kind of bread flat upon their shields and then covered it with cheese and dates. The ancient Greeks covered their bread with oils, herbs and cheese. The first major innovation that led to flat bread pizza was the use of tomato as a topping. It was common for the poor of the area around Naples to add tomato to their yeast-based flat bread, and so the pizza began.

It was believed that modern pizza was first made by baker Raffaele Esposito of Naples. In fact, a popular urban legend holds that the archetypal pizza, Pizza Margherita, was invented in 1889, when the Royal Palace of Capodimonte commissioned the Neapolitan pizzaiolo Raffaele Esposito to create a pizza in honor of the visiting Queen Margherita. Of the three different pizzas he created, the Queen strongly preferred a pie swathed in the colors of the Italian flag: red (tomato), green (basil), and white (mozzarella). Supposedly, this kind of pizza was then named after the Queen as Pizza Margherita.

Immigrants to the United States from Naples were replicating their trusty, crusty pizzas in New York and other American cities, including Trenton, New Haven, Boston, Chicago and St. Louis. The first documented United States pizzeria was G. (for Gennaro) Lombardi’s on Spring Street in Manhattan, licensed to sell pizza in 1905.As Italian-Americans, and their food, migrated from city to suburb, east to west, especially after World War II, pizza’s popularity in the United States boomed. No longer seen as an “ethnic” treat, it was increasingly identified as a fast, fun food. And what a yummy fun fast food that is. Pizzas eventually including California-gourmet pizzas topped with anything from barbecued chicken to smoked salmon. Pizza was such a big hit that it even has its own special day called

"National Pizza With Everything (Except Anchovies) Day " which is on November 12. Around the world, pizza toppings vary greatly, reflecting regional tastes, local foods, and cultural preferences. Here is a rundown of the different types of topping that are put on everyday day pizzas .

1. India -- pickled ginger, minced mutton, and paneer (a form of cottage cheese)

2. Russia -- mockba (a combination of sardines, tuna, mackerel, salmon, and onions), red herring

3. Brazil -- green peas

4. Japan -- eel, squid, and Mayo Jaga (mayonnaise, potato, bacon)

5. France -- flambée (bacon, onion, fresh cream)

6. Pakistan -- curry

7. Australia -- shrimp, pineapple, barbecue sauce

8. Costa Rica -- coconut

9. Netherlands -- "Double Dutch" -- double meat, double cheese, double onion

10. United States -- pepperoni, mushrooms, sausage, green pepper, onion, and extra cheese

It doesn't matter who or what invented pizza, we might never exactly know. One thing that is for sure is that whether pizza came from Italy or from america, it was a pretty darn good invention . And i think that is something t that we can all agree on. I mean the average american will devour at least 6,000 slices during the course of a lifetime. That is a lot of pizza. What is your favorite pizza topping ? Leave a comment bellow .

The History of Cheesecake

Nowadays there are many different kinds of cheesecake recipes, but the ingredients are what make it different from any other dessert. Cheesecake is made up of bread crumbs and lots of cream cheese (hence the name Cheese Cake). Cheesecake is a beloved dessert nationwide. Many think that it origins in New York but it actually goes back even farther. It starts in ancient Greece 4,000 years ago.

The first "Cheese Cake" was created on the Island of Samos. Cheese and cheese products had most likely been around for thousands of years before this, but earlier than this goes into prehistory so we don't really know. In Greece, cheesecake was considered to be a good source of energy, and there is evidence that it was served to athletes during the first Olympic games in 776 B.C. Greek brides and grooms were also known to use cheesecake as a wedding cake. It was made up of flour, wheat, honey and cheese. Theses ingredients are also used in the cheesecakes that we make today.

With the Roman conquest of Greece, the secret fell into Roman hands. It was called "libum" by the Romans, and were often used as an offering at their temples to their gods. They modified the cheesecake including crushed cheese and eggs. These ingredients were baked under a hot brick and it was served warm. Occasionally, the Romans would put the cheese filling in a pastry. Marcus Cato, a Roman politician in the first century B.C., is credited as recording the oldest known Roman cheesecake recipe. As the Romans started to expand their empire, they brought cheesecake recipes to the Europeans.

The Europeans started to experiment on different ways to make the cheesecake better. In each country of Europe, the recipes started taking on different cultural shapes, using ingredients native to each region. In 1545, the first cookbook was printed. It described the cheesecake as a flour-based sweet food. This chef started to soak cheese into into very small pieces and soaked those pieces in milk for three hours. Then, he strained the mixture and added eggs, butter and sugar. It wasn't till the 18th century when the cheesecake started to look like what we eat today. Around this time, Europeans began to use beaten eggs instead of yeast to make their breads and cakes rise. Removing the overpowering yeast flavor made cheesecake taste more like a dessert treat. When Europeans came to America, some brought their cheesecake recipes along.

Americans were the ones who started to add cream cheese to the mixture. After a new York dairy farmer wanted to replicate the French cheese Neufchatel. Instead, he accidentally discovered a process which resulted in the creation of cream cheese. So after a couple of years cream cheese finally started to be wrapped in foil and sold to consumers. The Philadelphia Cream Cheese brand was purchased in 1903 by the Phoenix Cheese Company, and then it was purchased in 1928 by the Kraft Cheese Company.

The Classic New York style cheesecake is served with just the cake. Which means there was no fruit or toppings on it yet. By the 1900s, New Yorkers were in love with this dessert. Virtually every restaurant had its own version of cheesecake on their menu. New Yorkers have vied for bragging rights for having the original recipe ever since. In Chicago, sour cream is added to the recipe to keep it creamy. Meanwhile, Philadelphia cheesecake is known for being lighter and creamier than New York style cheesecake and it can be served with fruit or chocolate toppings.Italians use ricotta cheese, while the Greeks use mizithra or feta. Germans prefer cottage cheese, while the Japanese use a combination of cornstarch and egg whites. There are specialty cheesecakes that include blue cheese, seafood, spicy chilies and even tofu!

Now here in the United States you can see one of the most known restaurants here named after cheesecake called 'The Cheesecake Factory" .The Cheesecake Factory story begins in Detroit, Michigan in the 1940’s. Evelyn Overton found a recipe in the local newspaper that would inspire her “Original” Cheesecake. Everyone loved her recipe so much that she decided to open a small Cheesecake shop, but she eventually gave up her dream of owning her own business in order to raise her two small children, David and Renee. She moved her baking equipment to a kitchen in her basement and continued to supply cakes to several of the best restaurants in town while raising her family.

The company currently operates 146 dining restaurants under The Cheesecake Factory name in 34 states and the District of Columbia. The restaurants are characterized by extensive menus, custom décor, and large portions. David M. Overton, the company's founder, opened the first Cheesecake Factory restaurant in Beverly Hills, California, in 1978. The restaurant established the future chain's pattern of offering an eclectic menu, big portions, and signature cheesecakes.