Joe Dolce’s Italian Cheesecake

I have become a bit of a bore. I can’t hear anyone talk about a delicious something or other someone in their family cooks without asking for the recipe. This is the cheesecake my friend Joe Dolce told me his grandmother, Edith Guerino, always used to make. He e-mailed it to me with the message ‘Eat it and weep’. You’ll see.