The Eli's Cheesecake Cookbook

Celebrate one of America’s most famous desserts with this 40th anniversary second edition collection of recipes, stories, and photos. This cookbook’s 100 recipes include more than 20 variations on Eli Schulman’s iconic Chicago-style cheesecake and favorite dishes from the legendary Eli’s The Place For Steak. Recipes for batters, crusts, and finishing touches allow readers to mix and match as many as 3,177 different combinations to create their own signature desserts.

Eli M. Schulman and his cheesecakes are legendary in the Windy City. After debuting his cheesecake at the Taste of Chicago in 1980, Eli’s cheesecake was quickly declared Chicago’s best cheesecake. Each Eli’s cheesecake is slow baked in small batches with the finest local ingredients and then topped with hand-decorated designs. Turning out over 20,000 cheesecakes daily, Eli’s is not only a local favorite, but a national one as well.