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Kurlansky's (The Core of an Onion) fifth venture into fiction is a rollicking farce set in Manhattan in the 1970s. It opens with a nod to the famous cheesecake recipe penned by Cato the Elder, the earliest written recipe ever found. A Queens-based Greek family struggling to attract a more upscale clientele to their Upper West Side restaurant on 86th Street has just introduced their version of this recipe...Log In or Sign Up to Read More