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    When and where did cheesecake originate?

    Question #72951. Asked by zbeckabee. (Dec 05 06 3:07 PM)


    skysmom65

    		The first recorded mention of cheesecake was during the ancient Grecian Olympic games in the occidental world. Cato the Elder wrote of cheesecake preparation in his farming manual "De Agri Cultura".
    http://www.answers.com/cheesecake%20history

    Dec 05 06, 3:32 PM
    skysmom65

    		To be more precise:
    De Agri Cultura (On Farming or On Agriculture), written around 150 BC by Cato the Elder, is the first surviving work of Latin prose.
    http://www.answers.com/De%20Agri%20Cultura


    Dec 05 06, 3:50 PM
    Baloo55th

    		Of course, if the other meaning of cheesecake is intended, the answer is probably the Paleolithic 'Venuses'....

    Dec 06 06, 6:05 AM

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