Hams, strings of garlic and, er, cycling shirts, hang above the steaming espresso machine, and behind a glass counter (stuffed with ciabattas, salamis, cheesecakes, pastries), there is a shrine to Italian-American boxing hero, Rocky Marciano.
Health-food shops rarely used to be without a carrot cake on the salad counter, usually next to the blackcurrant cheesecake and the deep wholemeal quiche.
6. Pour cream cheese batter in cheesecake pan. 7. Tap cheesecake pan against the counter to let air bubbles rise to the surface.
Other scientists, such as Harvard University linguist Steven Pinker, have countered that music is just "auditory cheesecake" with no real evolutionary significance.
At every Cheesecake Factory restaurant, a kitchen manager is stationed at the counter where the food comes off the line, and he rates the food on a scale of one to ten.
Behind the counter: The deli makes its own eclairs, apple strudel, cheesecake and lemon meringue bars.
The desserts are acceptable if you don't include the cheesecake lollipops with bubble-gum whipped cream or the fruit carpaccio, designed for carb-counters who really don't want dessert.
She perused shelves of low-carbohydrate cookie, muffin, pancake and waffle mixes, cereals and chips, then loaded bread, cheesecake, coffee-flavored shakes and a foot-high heap of chocolate peanut butter bars on the counter.
On the kitchen counter were discarded Starbucks cups and a plastic carton of store-bought mini-cheesecakes, several of which had been eaten.
Its counter groans with sweet and savoury goodies all made on the premises, including lavish baked cheesecakes topped with fruit and flowers.
