Well, ain’t that one lovely delicious holiday?

July 30 is celebrated annually as the National Cheesecake Day in the United States. Like any other food holidays, there are quite a number of stories behind the cheesy celebration. It was said that anthropologists discovered molds dated back in 2000 BC, an indication that people then had been making cheese.

I actually gorged down a whole pie of strawberry cheesecake before.

The cheesecake was believed to have originated from Greece, as part of the athletes’ diet during the first Olympics in 770 B.C. The Romans spread the dessert across the continent. Centuries later, European immigrants brought it to the United States giving birth to two world-famous cheesecake varieties – New York and Philadelphia cheesecakes. But no president has endorsed it the way they did the hotdog eating contest every 4th of July.

I’m a cheesecake fan. Well, almost everyone is a cheesecake fanatic, unless you are barred from eating one. While everyone is still reeling high from their cheesy cholesterol intake, grab the chance to check out restaurants for a slice. Every dessert hub in the US seemed to have been slashing their cheesecake prices down. Who knows you get to take away something too. Like personalized basketballs, shirts, gift certificates or a whole year supply of NY cheesecakes.

Bon appetit!