From New York Times-bestselling author Mark Kurlansky, a delectable novel following an ancient recipe for cheesecake as it spreads through the Upper West side-from the restaurant of a conniving landlord to the kitchens of the old-school New Yorkers he-s trying to force out-and to the parties, feasts, and apartments they-re not willing to give up that easily.
The Katsikases have found a home in New York. A Greek cheesemaking family who immigrated in hopes of opening a restaurant, they-ve found the perfect storefront on the up-and-coming Upper West Side. They decide to call it The Katz Brothers. (Close enough, they think.) The diner becomes a neighborhood favorite-until Art Katsikas begins buying up all the real estate he can, forcing out their old -regulars- and scheming to replace the neighborhood-s strudel shops and artists with ritzy boutiques and the nouveau riche.
Meanwhile, at The Katz Brothers, the Katsikases rush to prepare for this new clientele b
