Inventor of the Basque Cheesecake Plans to Retire. His Secret: He Prefers Chocolate

Santiago Rivera is widely credited with creating the “burnt” cheesecake in the 1980s, though he doesn’t love the spinoffs it has spawned. Decades later, he’s preparing to hand over his kitchen to his children.

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