Puffy shirts and plagiarism

So Mr. and Mrs. Seinfeld are being sued for plagiarism:

Missy Chase Lapine, author of the The Sneaky Chef, has filed suit in federal court against Jerry and Jessica Seinfeld. Lapine alleges that Jessica Seinfeld, author of Deceptively Delicious, "brazenly plagiarized" from her book, and she accuses Jerry Seinfeld of making defamatory statements against her.

For reasons not quite clear, plagiarism has been a hot topic at the Cod, and without consulting both books, I'd say that this has seven minute abs written all over it. It is tough titties for Lapine that a book with a similar concept came out right after hers, but this kind of thing happens. Just ask Armageddon and Independence Day. Also, as is so often the case, Onstad got there first.