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Cinderella Lives! Oreo® Upsets Chocolate Mousse

The lowest seed Oreo® Cheesecake pulled off another upset last week by defeating the #4 seed Chocolate Mousse Cheesecake in the recent quarterfinal matchup of the First Ever Cheesecake Playoffs. Who’da thought that the #12 seed in the 12-seed playoffs would be one contest away from competing for the First Ever Cheesecake Championship?!  Well, all

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Chocolate Beats Chocolate; #1 Seed Beats Godiva®

This weekend saw the first quarterfinal contest of the First Ever Cheesecake Playoffs with the #1 seed, 30th Anniversary Chocolate Cake Cheesecake, up against the #8 seed, Godiva® Chocolate Cheesecake. This was a pretty enjoyable contest, since both the 30th Anniversary Chocolate Cake Cheesecake and the Godiva® Chocolate Cheesecake were awesome!  Stephanie, who rated the

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The Dilemma Resolved

So, in my last post, I mentioned that we have a dilemma this week in the First Ever Cheesecake Playoffs.  See, the Cheesecake Factory has a gazillion flavors of cheesecake, which they switch out every once in a while.  So, as we spent 2010 eating through the Cheesecake Factory cheesecake menu, it keeps changing… Which

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Strawberry Topples Cookie-Dough; Monroe Turns 11

From our previous post, you know that we delayed our First Ever Cheesecake Playoff contest from last weekend to coincide with Monroe’s birthday.  Monroe turned 11 today, and what a way to celebrate with dinner at the Cheesecake Factory! This week’s matchup brought a classic, #6 seeded Fresh Strawberry Cheesecake, up against a snacker’s dream,

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Change in Plans for Monroe’s Birthday

Normally, the Farris family uses the weekend to go one round deeper in the First Ever Cheesecake Playoffs.  But this week, we’ve got a few issues… Well, the first one is that I’m not in town with weekend; turns out that I’m in Dallas.  I first had a business meeting here during the week, but

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Oreo® Advances in Split Decision

This week’s matchup in the First Ever Cheesecake Playoffs led to Oreo® Cheesecake advancing to the next round with a 2-1 vote over the Original Cheesecake Factory Cheesecake. We noted in the pre-game analysis of this matchup that both Oreo® and Original are classics in and of themselves.  But with the no-holds-barred competition to the

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Original vs. Oreo®: A Battle of Classics

This week’s contest in the First Ever Cheesecake Playoffs pits two American classics – The Original Cheesecake Factory Cheesecake versue Oreo® Cheesecake.  The Original comes in favored as the #5 seed, while Oreo® enters the playoffs with the #12 seed… However, don’t let the wide differences in seeds fool you – this is not a

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Temporary Change to the Website

I’ve decided to change the look of the website for the next few months to focus attention on the First Ever Cheesecake Playoffs.  I post a lot of different kinds of stuff on the site, but we all wanted to make sure people could follow the stories and keep track of the winners more easily.

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Chocolate Triumphs – Godiva® Wins

In the first matchup in the First Ever Cheesecake Playoffs, the Godiva® Chocolate Cheesecake pulled off an easy victory over the Tiramisu Cheesecake.  As I mentioned in my last post, this Saturday was going to be pretty packed.  Monroe had her soccer game (unfortunately, they lost…), and then we headed out for the day.  Next,

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Breaking the Tie – Godiva® vs. Tiramisu

In the first big matchup in the Cheesecake Playoffs, we are forced to break the ultimate tie. The first battle pits #8 and #9 seeds – Godiva® Chocolate Cheesecake vs. Tiramisu Cheesecake.  Now, it turns out that this is the ultimate tie, not only because both the Godiva® Chocolate Cheesecake and the Tiramisu Cheesecake scored

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