So, why did I decide to start a blog? Well, one reason was to share family secrets — products and services that we’ve discovered and can’t live without

It’s always been our family’s policy to only recommend products that we really believe in. For years, Bill refused to promote any products on his show, fearing that it would be a slippery slope into having to sell people junk that he didn’t believe in. Over time, he’s taken a new approach: he (and I) are willing to promote products on the air, but only if we actually use them, love them, and regularly recommend them to our friends. So, here’s where I’m going to share my first recommendation with you:

Celebrity Foods New York Cheesecake is the world’s BEST cheesecake.

About a week ago, we were with some friends at an Academy Awards dinner party. We had volunteered to bring a dessert, and I didn’t have time to make anything or get to the bakery. My saving grace was sitting in the freezer, though. We had a New York Cheesecake from Celebrity Foods sitting in our freezer (we try to always keep one on-hand, in case of emergency). I was a little worried, though — we hadn’t had a dessert emergency for months, if not a year, so this was an old cheesecake. I decided to chance it, though — Celebrity does a really great job packaging their products, so I wasn’t too worried about freezer burn, anyhow. So, we were off to our party, cheesecake defrosting along the way.

Dinner was wonderful, and then someone said, “Time for cheesecake!” (Okay I admit it, great freezer packaging or not, you get a little worried when you’re bringing year old cheesecake to a dinner party!) By now the cake was thawed, and it was quickly sliced up and dished out. I searched my friends’ faces for a reaction when they took their first tastes. As soon as she finished her first bite, a friend across the table from me said, “Marjorie, where did you get this cheesecake? This is the best cheesecake I’ve ever had!” So I told her, I got it from Celebrity Foods — we’ve been ordering our food from them for years.

And guess what? I’ve decided to start advertising for them. I will be recording radio commercials this weekend to tell all of Bill’s listeners about how much we love the products and service.

Yum.