Because you don't live near a bakery doesn't mean you have to go without cheesecake. - Hedy Lamarr

I thought about starting this piece many different ways. Taking a more unusual approach and comparing cheesecake to how I like my men. Sweet, smooth, savory, creamy, pleasing, but then it started to sound too sexual. Well, sex sells, so then I decided to give one of those meaningless similes like, “cheesecake is like sex, you do it (eat it) to satisfy an urge,” or “Cheesecake is like sex, you can do it (eat it) alone, or, if you prefer, with a group of people”. Those failed attempts at quotes, I think, are self-explanatory, and I don’t believe they make much sense. I’ll stop while I’m ahead, if I really am even ahead. It’s impossible, though, to find the right words to describe such a wonderful and delectable treat. A dessert unlike any other. A dessert that comes in so many different flavors and styles, to compare it to anything else would not fully justify the wonders of such perfection. People can find flaws in almost anything, like men and sex, but with cheesecake it’s different. Cheesecake, in my opinion, is the divine gift from the heavens above. The dessert is blessed with flaky crust, a creamy body, and fruity toppings that devour all of your senses until you are numb from the ultimate pleasure of the first bite. Cheesecake is a treat that not many can truly understand. I, myself, did not understand the power of the cheese until I actually experienced it myself. After the first bite I fell in love the enticing dessert.