Seinfelds deny vegetable plagiarism

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his wife deny he defamed the author of a rival cookbook in a television appearance and have asked for the dismissal of a plagiarism suit filed over the book.

Jessica's Seinfeld's book, Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Getting Your Kids Eating Good Food, was published six months after Missy Chase Lapine's book The Sneaky Chef: Simple Strategies for Hiding Healthy Foods in Kids' Favourite Meals, according to Lapine's lawsuit.

Seinfeld's lawyers admitted he joked about Lapine on the Late Show with David Letterman but said it did not amount to slander.