The answer may have more to do with New York than you might think. By Eric Kim Eric Kim talked to dozens of New Yorkers for this story. What puts the New York in a New York cheesecake? Most ardent ...

New York–style is defined by a browned top with a silky cream cheese interior. I like to use a small a kitchen torch to warm the sides of the pan to more easily unmold the cheesecake once it is ...

For many bakers still, it’s what makes New York cheesecake New York. But for Bonnie Ponte and Holly Maloney, the sisters who own Eileen’s Special Cheesecake in NoLIta, it’s not just the ...