Quote Originally Posted by cstone View Post
Why would I travel 1000 miles to get the same stuff I can have at home?
Sometimes they have local ingredients you can't get -- like tree-ripened mango or passion fruit ...

However, my main reason for getting cheesecake at the Cheesecake Factory rather than making it myself (despite mine being at least as good) is that if I get a slice at the Cheesecake Factory, I don't have another 2000+ calories of temptation left in my refrigerator ...