French Laundry at Home Forced to Close: Final Post

It is with a heavy heart and sad regret that I write this, my final post, today. Unfortunately, even though I have not yet completed this project, I have to shut down this site because of a cease-and-desist notice I received, which I've pasted below with the sender's permission:


Sophia Petrillo, Attorney At Law
Petrillo, Nylund, Devereaux, Zbornak, LLP
6151 Richmond Street
San Francisco, CA 94102

To the attention of Carol Blymire:

On behalf of our client and in the matter of French Laundry at Home (carolcookskeller.blogspot.com and frenchlaundryathome.com), we duly request that you halt production and publication of above-mentioned web site(s), pursuant to the precedent set forth in case #S82-34983734. We issue this notice in response to the following items of content discussed forthwith:

Article 1) On February 4, 2008, you posted objectionable content that included a hypothetical dictation from Mr. Keller to acclaimed author Mr. Michael Ruhlman, regarding sweetbreads, that read: "If you are an unskilled non-sewing loser named Carol Blymire who is the shame of her family and also her Amish homeland because of her non-sewingosity, then I guess you can take the easy way out, because clearly, Carol Blymire, you should not ever be around needles, even really dull larding needles, because we really don't need your fingers bleeding into this dish, Carol Blymire, or having it look even more hacked up than it probably eventually will because we know you, Carol Blymire, oh yes, we know how you roll." We object to this particular statement because Mr. Keller does not use, nor would he ever use, the word "non-sewingosity."

Article 2) Mr. Keller in no way elects to be associated with crustaceans (or mollusks) named after or in the likeness of any entertainment industry figure, Canadian or otherwise (May 14, 2007).

Article 3) On behalf of our client's relationship with California's Regional Apple Producers, we wish to object to your entire entry dated May 1, 2007 on the grounds that your content reflects defamatory practices, notably, cruel and unusual punishment to said produce mentioned herein.

Article 4) Our final complaint, and the issue that originated this complaint on behalf of our client, was your April 14, 2007 recommendation of REO Speedwagon as "Music To Cook By." We stand by our client's assertion that this was, and remains, an unfortunate, misguided choice.

We appreciate your cooperation with this matter, and look forward to its swift resolution. Should you wish to challenge or respond to this request, I may be reached at (719)567-6742.

Sincerely,
Sophia Petrillo, Esq.

cc: Michael Bloomberg




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