Episode 261: Grand Theft Risotto

Episode 261

10th May 2016

Mike brings the case against his mom, Maribeth. He says Maribeth knowingly took her daughter-in-law’s recipes for a family cookbook and passed them off as her own. Maribeth says that the attribution was implied and there was no wrongdoing.

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Mike brings the case against his mom, Maribeth. He says Maribeth knowingly took her daughter-in-law’s recipes for a family cookbook and passed them off as her own. Maribeth says that the attribution was implied and there was no wrongdoing.

This week with Expert Witness Kenji López-Alt, Managing Culinary Director of Serious Eats and author of The Food Lab!

Thanks to Jonathan Reiter for suggesting this week’s title! To suggest a title for a future episode, like Judge John Hodgman on Facebook. We regularly put a call for submissions.

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