The Kitchn Archive: Oct 17, 2023

When you slide your fork into a silky homemade cheesecake and savor its rich creaminess, you know it was worth all the time and effort. But, after also cooking the dinner that came before it and tidying the house afterwards, what do you do with all of the leftover cheesecake that follows? Freeze it!Yes, cheesecake can also be frozen, which means you can impress your guests but in a low-stress way.

If you haven’t yet, memorizing some basic cooking measurement conversions is absolutely worth the effort. Why? Because learning how many teaspoons are in one tablespoon, or how to convert tablespoons to cups, will help you cook with confidence and scale your recipes for more or fewer portions. After years of recipe testing, these conversions have been drilled into my head. Of all the conversions to know, I believe that teaspoons to tablespoons is one of the most useful to memorize.