Kiddie Cookbook Kerfuffle

The news has been everywhere. Jessica Seinfeld's new hot cookbook "Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food" may end up putting the celeb wife and mom in hot water. The buzz is that her book and its recipes bear a striking similarity to "The Sneaky Chef: Simple Strategies for Hiding Healthy Foods in Kids' Favorite Meals" by Missy Chase Lapine.

The main difference? Ms. Lepine isn't married to comedian Jerry Seinfeld and didn't score a segment on Oprah.

Plagiarism? According to a recent Associated Press story, apparently not:

Seinfeld said she has never seen or read "The Sneaky Chef."

"My book came from years of trying to get my own children to eat healthy foods — my own trial and error in my own kitchen," she said in a statement. "The idea of pureeing vegetables has been around for decades."

Seinfeld's agent, Jennifer Rudolph Walsh from William Morris Agency, said she and Seinfeld began discussing the idea in 2005. She said the book was already being bound when "The Sneaky Chef" came out.

Lapine said she is not accusing anyone of anything. But she said it does "hurt" to see someone else given credit for her method.

Still, this public cookbook controversy gave me an excuse to use the word kerfuffle.