WHATS COOKING WITH JERRY SEINFELD

Jerry Seinfeld

Television star Jerry Seinfeld and his cookbook author wife Jessica are being sued by Missy Chase Lapine, who has accused the pair of copyright infringement and defamation. Chef and baby-products mogul Lapine claims the recipes in Jessica Seinfeld's best selling cookbook "Deceptively Delicious" are "brazenly plagiarized" from those in her own cookbook, "The Sneaky Chef: Simple Strategies For Hiding Healthy Foods In Kids' Favorite Meals," about hiding healthy ingredients in foods children will eat. The comic himself, who branded Lapine a "wacko" during a rant on "The Late Show" last year, has been accused of "malicious defamation" and named as a co-defendant. The lawsuit, filed Monday with the Federal District Court in New York City seeks unspecified damages.