Savory cheesecakes are the new must-try L.A. dessert

This week's recommendations include savory cheesecakes in Pasadena and Pico-Robertson.
Jenn Harris • Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2023
If there's a cheesecake on the menu, I'm ordering it. I appreciate New York-style, Italian-style, the cloudlike wedges at Yangban Society and the frozen "deli-style" ones that come in the blue box at Trader Joe's. I don't discriminate when it...
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