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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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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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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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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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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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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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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