Mark Kurlansky's new novel is set mostly on one block of New York's Upper West Side that sees a lot of change from the 1970s on but begins with a cheesecake - one that traces back to Cato the Elder.

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NPR's Scott Simon talks with Mark Kurlansky about his new novel, "Cheesecake." It's a story of New York's restaurant and real estate scenes in the 1980s and, of course, that delectable dessert.