In 1998 Mother’s Kitchen acquired several quality dessert brands that upheld the tradition and quality that the Mother’s Kitchen brand represents. Today, the Mother’s Kitchen family of products includes these long-time favorite dessert brands!

Baby Watson®
Renowned in New York City and the surrounding area, Baby Watson cheesecakes were introduced in 1977 and were originally produced at a plant in Manhattan’s Chelsea section. The brand developed strong recognition with its retail package, which bears an artistic rendering of the Manhattan skyline. The former manufacturer of Baby Watson had been dissuaded from using his own name on his cheesecakes, since it was thought to be too hard to pronounce. Instead, he chose “Watson” because he thought it sounded “American”, and he added the “Baby”, since “everyone loves babies”. When the company introduced individual size mini round cheesecakes, they were affectionately named “Baby Cakes® ”. Today, Mother’s Kitchen still produces a Baby Watson cheesecake, which are sold in supermarkets. Baby Cakes are available pre-packaged for retail sale under the Baby Watson brand name and bulk-packaged for foodservice under the Mother’s Kitchen brand name.

Turf®
New York’s Turf Cheesecakes were originally created and served exclusively at New York’s famous Turf Restaurant. In 1929, famous restaurateur Arnold Reuben was served a “cheese pie” as a guest in a private home, and he fell in love with the dessert. With his hostess’ recipe and a pie she made with ingredients he provided, he then began to develop his own recipe for the “perfect” cheesecake. Reuben soon began to serve his new recipe in his Turf Restaurant, and the cheesecake quickly became the toast of the town and a favorite dessert of actors, politicians, athletes and other patrons who frequented Reuben’s Broadway restaurant. Today, Mother’s Kitchen offers the famous Turf cheesecakes exclusively for mail order, delivering to your door these luscious cheesecakes just as fresh and creamy as if served at the once famous Turf Restaurant.