cookbooks-related stories
Posted Jul 3rd 2008 8:00AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Food/Home/DIY, Celebrities, Talk Show, Reality-Free
According to that journalist without peer, Ted Casablanca -- yeah, I'm sure that's his real name -- Food Network diva and
Emmy-winning talk show hostess Rachael Ray is working on a new project.
No, it's not a new cookbook or anything about food or travel, her two specialties on FN.
Rachael Ray is writing her memoirs, the story of a kid from upstate New York who's made in big on TV.
Rachael, who turns 40 on August 25, has had a meteoric rise on TV, and as I wrote last week, she's one of
five TV stars I think have exceeded expectations. In a very short time, she's become a force with which to be reckoned.
Continue reading What's next for Rachael Ray? Her memoirs
Posted Feb 25th 2008 3:22PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Celebrities
Well, Jerry and his wife have finally responded to cookbook author Missy Chase Lapine's lawsuit.
Lapine sued the Seinfelds after Jerry went on The Late Show with David Letterman and said some rather nasty things about her, including calling her a "wacko" and suggesting she was a stalker (even making a joke about her having three names, like killers often do). This also stems from the incredible similarities between Lapine's hide-your-veggies book The Sneaky Chef (released in April of 2007) and Jessica Seinfeld's hide-your-veggies Deceptively Delicious (released in October of 2007).
Continue reading Seinfelds respond to cookbook author's lawsuit
Posted Jan 8th 2008 2:14PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: OpEd, Celebrities
Believe it or not, I'm a little bit surprised by this news: According to
The Smoking Gun (
via AOL), Missy Chase Lapine has sued Jessica and Jerry Seinfeld over the flap concerning the similarities between her cookbook,
The Sneaky Chef, and Mrs. Seinfeld's cookbook,
Deceptively Delicious.
Jessica is accused of plagiarizing Lapine's book. But why is Jerry included in the suit? Because Lapine has decided that in the process of defending his wife in various TV appearances, Jerry defamed her by accusing her of being
a "wacko" and a stalker. In fact, the suit specifically mentions Jerry's appearance on
Letterman where the w-word was uttered.
Continue reading Seinfelds sued over cookbook
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