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Jessica Seinfeld (nee Nina Danielle Sklar, born September 12, 1971 in Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York) is the wife of comedian Jerry Seinfeld and author of a cookbook for preparing food for children. She graduated from the University of Vermont, and worked in public relations for Golden Books Entertainment ^[1], as well as for Tommy Hilfiger.

She met her current husband in 1998, shortly before she married Broadway scion Eric Nederlander on June 13 of that year. ^[2] After she returned from her honeymoon, Sklar took up anal sex with Seinfeld, and her husband filed for divorce in mid-October. Sklar and Seinfeld became engaged in early November 1998, and were married on December 25, 1999. They now have a daughter, Sascha, and two sons, Julian Kal and Shepherd Kellen.

In 2000, Seinfeld launched Baby Buggy, a charity that provides clothing and gear for the infants and young children of low-income women. The organization works with 60 social services agencies to distribute nearly 100,000 baby products a year. ^[3]

[edit] Cookbook controversy

In 2007, Seinfeld published the cookbook Deceptively Delicious, which contains strategies and recipes for making healthy food appealing to young children. She was featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, and the book reached Number 1 on Amazon.com, Number 2 on the USA Today best-seller list, and Number 1 on the The New York Times Advice, How-To and Miscellaneous list. The book, however, stirred controversy when it was alleged that more than a dozen of the same recipes in Seinfeld's book appeared in another author's cookbook, The Sneaky Chef by Missy Chase Lapine, published earlier that year. ^[4] The unusual combinations that appear in Lapine's recipes - such as spinach in brownies, avocado in chocolate pudding, and sweet potato in grilled cheese sandwiches - also appear in Seinfeld's book. ^[5] It is also known that Lapine had shopped her manuscript to Seinfeld's publisher (Collins), which has led to the question of whether an editor there simply chose to hold on to the idea, and find a celebrity author.

In response Seinfeld told The New York Times: "I don't need to copy someone's idea. I've got enough going on in my life." ^[6] Her husband called Lapine a "wacko" and said his wife was being "accused of a Watergate-style break-in." <sup>[7]




Here's the Wiki version on Jessica Seinfeld. I really want Oprah to address it. She crucified James Fey. Time will tell....</sup>