A couple of months ago Cook's Illustrated sent me a book I
did not request (Best Recipe: Baking Illustrated). I called them
and got a label from them to ship it back, which I did. I just
got a past due invoice yesterday.

Though I will be calling them on Tuesday, I'm a bit peeved
about this process I have to go through.

Has anyone else received a book from them, unrequested?

On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 16:05:42 GMT, JJ > wrote:

>A couple of months ago Cook's Illustrated sent me a book I
>did not request (Best Recipe: Baking Illustrated). I called them
>and got a label from them to ship it back, which I did. I just
>got a past due invoice yesterday.
>
>Though I will be calling them on Tuesday, I'm a bit peeved
>about this process I have to go through.
>
>Has anyone else received a book from them, unrequested?

No, but if you buy the annual compendium they send it to you
automatically unless you send in the decline card.

Maybe you bought something from them previously?

I think you can "refuse" stuff if you didn't order it and the post
office will send it back without going through the hassle of arranging
shipping.

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

>I think you can "refuse" stuff if you didn't order it.
>
>Sue(tm)

Of course you can, what's to think. Actually postal law says you can keep
stuff you didn't order *without paying*. Ever so often I receive things in the
mail I never ordered... if I immediately recognize it as such and it may have
some intrinsic value I simply mark it "Return to Sender", even if I opened it I
re-tape it, and leave it for the postal carrier (the sender is required to pay
return postage), or if I open it and it has no value (no printed matter has
value) and I don't have a use for it I toss it in the trash, if it's something
I think I may have a use for (very rare) I keep it.

If you receive unrequested printed matter through the US mail it's yours, a
free gift.


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"Curly Sue" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 16:05:42 GMT, JJ > wrote:
>
> >A couple of months ago Cook's Illustrated sent me a book I
> >did not request (Best Recipe: Baking Illustrated). I called them
> >and got a label from them to ship it back, which I did. I just
> >got a past due invoice yesterday.
> >
> >Though I will be calling them on Tuesday, I'm a bit peeved
> >about this process I have to go through.
> >
> >Has anyone else received a book from them, unrequested?
>
> No, but if you buy the annual compendium they send it to you
> automatically unless you send in the decline card.
>
> Maybe you bought something from them previously?
>
> I think you can "refuse" stuff if you didn't order it and the post
> office will send it back without going through the hassle of arranging
> shipping.
>

In my experience CI is notorious for sending you things you did not
explicitly order but somehow agreed to as part of a subscription or
something else you got from them. It's one of the reasons I cancelled all my
dealings with them.


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"Peter Aitken" > wrote in message
.com...
> "Curly Sue" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 16:05:42 GMT, JJ > wrote:
> >
> > >A couple of months ago Cook's Illustrated sent me a book I
> > >did not request (Best Recipe: Baking Illustrated). I called them
> > >and got a label from them to ship it back, which I did. I just
> > >got a past due invoice yesterday.
> > >
> > >Though I will be calling them on Tuesday, I'm a bit peeved
> > >about this process I have to go through.
> > >
> > >Has anyone else received a book from them, unrequested?
> >
> > No, but if you buy the annual compendium they send it to you
> > automatically unless you send in the decline card.
> >
> > Maybe you bought something from them previously?
> >
> > I think you can "refuse" stuff if you didn't order it and the post
> > office will send it back without going through the hassle of arranging
> > shipping.
> >
>
> In my experience CI is notorious for sending you things you did not
> explicitly order but somehow agreed to as part of a subscription or
> something else you got from them. It's one of the reasons I cancelled all
my
> dealings with them.
>
>
> --
> Peter Aitken
>

Southern Living does the same thing. Dumped them!

Chris in Pearland, TX

In article >, says...
> A couple of months ago Cook's Illustrated sent me a book I
> did not request (Best Recipe: Baking Illustrated). I called them
> and got a label from them to ship it back, which I did. I just
> got a past due invoice yesterday.
>
> Though I will be calling them on Tuesday, I'm a bit peeved
> about this process I have to go through.
>
> Has anyone else received a book from them, unrequested?
>
>
>
Not from them, but during my one-year membership with the Cooking Club of
America, I received an unsolicited book, or rather a package that
previously contained a book - by the time it got to me, it was damaged
and empty. I called them to tell them I never requested anything from
them and they said "Oh we just thought that it would be something that
would interest you - you're under no obligation to keep it". I then
informed her that I couldn't keep it if I wanted to as I didn't actually
receive it, just a damaged box. They cancelled my invoice and I never
heard another word from them about it.

Had the book actually been in the package, I would have been annoyed that
I would have had to make a special trip to the post office to return
something that I never ordered in the first place (the box was too big
for a mailbox). I seem to remember reading something somewhere about not
being required to pay for or return anything sent to you unsolicited, but
I'm not sure about the specifics.
--
Donna
A pessimist believes all women are bad. An optimist hopes they are.

JJ wrote:
> A couple of months ago Cook's Illustrated sent me a book I
> did not request (Best Recipe: Baking Illustrated). I called them
> and got a label from them to ship it back, which I did. I just
> got a past due invoice yesterday.
>
> Though I will be calling them on Tuesday, I'm a bit peeved
> about this process I have to go through.
>
> Has anyone else received a book from them, unrequested?

Do they have your SSN or credit card details etc.? What can they do?

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> Donna Rose writes:
>I seem to remember reading something somewhere about not
>being required to pay for or return anything sent to you unsolicited, but
>I'm not sure about the specifics.

http://www.usps.com/postalinspectors/merch.htm

Receipt of Unsolicited Merchandise

A company sends you a gift in the mail--a ball point pen, a key chain, a tie.
But you didn't order it. What do you do? If you are the type of person this
company is looking for, you may feel guilty about accepting the item without
paying for it. Don't feel guilty! It's yours, and you are under no obligation
to pay anything.

You, the consumer, may only legally be sent two types of merchandise through
the mail without your consent or agreement:

Free samples which are clearly and conspicuously marked as such.

Merchandise mailed by a charitable organization that is soliciting
contributions.

And in these two cases, you can consider the merchandise a gift if you wish. In
all other situations, it is illegal to send merchandise to someone, unless that
person has previously ordered or requested it.

These rules are codified in Title 39, United States Code, Section 3009. That
section of the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 incorporates these protections
for American consumers and makes the mailing of unordered merchandise unfair
methods of competition and unfair trade practices under the law.

If you do not wish to pay for unsolicited merchandise or make a donation to a
charity sending such an item, you may do one of three things (in each case, by
law, you have no obligation to the sender):

If you have not opened the package, you may mark it "Return to Sender," and the
Postal Service will return it with no additional postage charged to you.

If you open the package and don't like what you find, you may throw it away.

If you open the package and like what you find, you may keep it for free. In
this instance, "finders-keepers" applies unconditionally.

Furthermore, it is illegal for a company that sends you unordered merchandise
to follow the mailing with a bill or dunning communication.

If you are aware of violations of the federal law prohibiting the mailing of
unordered merchandise, or if you have personally had difficulty with such
items--especially if you are sent statements demanding payment for the
merchandise--you should contact your local postmaster or the nearest Postal
Inspector.
---




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Far as I can tell, someone wrote:
>Has anyone else received a book from them, unrequested?

Yes. Three separate times.
I asked the post master and he told me that if I didn't order it, it was
a legally a gift.

Don't feel bad for them, as if they made a mistake and you should return
it.

Send them a note saying "Thanks for the gift." You'll feel better.

Peter Aitken wrote:

> In my experience CI is notorious for sending you things you did not
> explicitly order but somehow agreed to as part of a subscription or
> something else you got from them. It's one of the reasons I cancelled all my
> dealings with them.

That's what I'm concerned about. Though I love their magazine, if
they are that predatory, I'll drop my subscription.

Thanks for the confirmation.

> >Has anyone else received a book from them, unrequested?
>
> No, but if you buy the annual compendium they send it to you
> automatically unless you send in the decline card.
>
> Maybe you bought something from them previously?
>
> I think you can "refuse" stuff if you didn't order it and the post
> office will send it back without going through the hassle of arranging
> shipping.

It's better than that. If you're sent something unsolicited in the U.S.
mail, it's yours to keep. No obligation. The company will (almost)
never tell you this when you call about it--you have to mention it
yourself. Then they'll usually say that "in that case please accept it
with our compliments."

Note--this doesn't apply to book clubs--you agreed to the policy
when you joined. That doesn't sound like what's going on here,
though.

Mike Beede

In article >, JJ > wrote:

> A couple of months ago Cook's Illustrated sent me a book I
> did not request (Best Recipe: Baking Illustrated). I called them
> and got a label from them to ship it back, which I did. I just
> got a past due invoice yesterday.
>
> Though I will be calling them on Tuesday, I'm a bit peeved
> about this process I have to go through.
>
> Has anyone else received a book from them, unrequested?

No, but I'd keep the book and not pay for it. You don't have to pay
for unsolicited merchandise. If they say you asked for it, have them
send you the signed (your handwriting) document that says so.
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> An update on 7/4/04.

In article >, JJ > wrote:

> A couple of months ago Cook's Illustrated sent me a book I
> did not request (Best Recipe: Baking Illustrated). I called them
> and got a label from them to ship it back, which I did. I just
> got a past due invoice yesterday.
>
> Though I will be calling them on Tuesday, I'm a bit peeved
> about this process I have to go through.
>

Though, as others have pointed out, unsolicited merchandise send via the
US Postal Service (note that 39 USC sec. 3009 does NOT apply to UPS or
other private delivery services) is considered a gift, reality is a
little more complicated.
Be sure and check your credit report periodically, to whether any claims
of nonpayment for merchandise have been entered. They're not allowed to
do that (since it's a gift), but "never attribute to malice what can
adequately be explained by stupidity."* Person A at CI screws up and
sends you unordered merchandise; person B, in a different department at
CI, sees an unpaid bill, and sends the report to the credit agencies.


* author unknown

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JJ wrote:
>
> A couple of months ago Cook's Illustrated sent me a book I
> did not request (Best Recipe: Baking Illustrated). I called them
> and got a label from them to ship it back, which I did. I just
> got a past due invoice yesterday.
>
> Though I will be calling them on Tuesday, I'm a bit peeved
> about this process I have to go through.
>
> Has anyone else received a book from them, unrequested?

You should have just kept the book, notifying them
that you were doing so, that is was unsolicited, and
that you were not obligated to pay for it and not to
send any bills. Since it takes a while to stop the
billing process, you may still have received some but
you could just throw them out. I do this sort of
thing all the time.
Kate
--
Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?

Scott wrote:
>
> In article >, JJ > wrote:
>
> > A couple of months ago Cook's Illustrated sent me a book I
> > did not request (Best Recipe: Baking Illustrated). I called them
> > and got a label from them to ship it back, which I did. I just
> > got a past due invoice yesterday.
> >
> > Though I will be calling them on Tuesday, I'm a bit peeved
> > about this process I have to go through.
> >
>
> Though, as others have pointed out, unsolicited merchandise send via the
> US Postal Service (note that 39 USC sec. 3009 does NOT apply to UPS or
> other private delivery services) is considered a gift, reality is a
> little more complicated.
> Be sure and check your credit report periodically, to whether any claims
> of nonpayment for merchandise have been entered.

If your credit is otherwise good this should have no
effect. I do this sort of thing all the time and
have never had a problem getting credit. In fact most
places are way too eager to give me more credit than
I can "afford"! If I were weak-willed and actually used
it up to the limits they give me I would then have bad
credit as I wouldn't be able to pay the bills!

> They're not allowed to
> do that (since it's a gift), but "never attribute to malice what can
> adequately be explained by stupidity."* Person A at CI screws up and
> sends you unordered merchandise; person B, in a different department at
> CI, sees an unpaid bill, and sends the report to the credit agencies.

No, it's not stupidity, it's them thinking you'll just
go ahead and pay for it or at worst send it back! It's
a marketing strategy. Don't let them get away with it.
You wouldn't believe all the free stuff I've gotten that
way.

Kate

--
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“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?

On the subject of Cook's Illustrated sending an unasked for Baking book,
(Kate=A0Connally) offers....
>No, it's not stupidity, it's them thinking
>you'll just go ahead and pay for it or at
>worst send it back! It's a marketing
>strategy. Don't let them get away with it.
>>You wouldn't believe all the free stuff
>>I've gotten that way.
I sure wish I had this to read before calling them (on the same book
send) and waiting for their Return Postage lable for sending that Baking
book back a friend here would have very much enjoyed having. Their
phone person said something to the effect that the book was sent because
I had failed to check and return a refusal offer provided prior to the
auto-send, of which there was absolutely none. I am very careful to
refuse anything unwanted, so I do believe the phone person was simply
trained to lie along with offering the free return.

Picky ~JA~

"Richard's ~JA~" > wrote in message
...
On the subject of Cook's Illustrated sending an unasked for Baking book,
(Kate Connally) offers....
>No, it's not stupidity, it's them thinking
>you'll just go ahead and pay for it or at
>worst send it back! It's a marketing
>strategy. Don't let them get away with it.
>>You wouldn't believe all the free stuff
>>I've gotten that way.
I sure wish I had this to read before calling them (on the same book
send) and waiting for their Return Postage lable for sending that Baking
book back a friend here would have very much enjoyed having. Their
phone person said something to the effect that the book was sent because
I had failed to check and return a refusal offer provided prior to the
auto-send, of which there was absolutely none. I am very careful to
refuse anything unwanted, so I do believe the phone person was simply
trained to lie along with offering the free return.

Picky ~JA~

Good luck - you may need it. I went thru the same thing. I did finally get
the post paid return label but - get this - after I returned it they denied
having received it. That's when little old mild mannered me went ballistic
and read them the riot act. That seemed to work, but I still cancelled my
subscription.


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Remove the crap from my email address before using.

Kate Connally wrote:

> JJ wrote:
> >
> > A couple of months ago Cook's Illustrated sent me a book I
> > did not request (Best Recipe: Baking Illustrated). I called them
> > and got a label from them to ship it back, which I did. I just
> > got a past due invoice yesterday.
> >
> > Though I will be calling them on Tuesday, I'm a bit peeved
> > about this process I have to go through.
> >
> > Has anyone else received a book from them, unrequested?
>
> You should have just kept the book, notifying them
> that you were doing so, that is was unsolicited, and
> that you were not obligated to pay for it and not to
> send any bills. Since it takes a while to stop the
> billing process, you may still have received some but
> you could just throw them out. I do this sort of
> thing all the time.
> Kate

Well I called this morning and they said I had "zero" balance.
So it seems I'm off the books.

So you've been successful with notifying them that
you were keeping the book? Perhaps next time I'll
give it a try. I'm not sure if they have my credit card
number on file. Generally I pay by check...

Thanks to all. Good to know one is not alone in this scheme.

JJ wrote:
>
> Kate Connally wrote:
>
> > JJ wrote:
> > >
> > > A couple of months ago Cook's Illustrated sent me a book I
> > > did not request (Best Recipe: Baking Illustrated). I called them
> > > and got a label from them to ship it back, which I did. I just
> > > got a past due invoice yesterday.
> > >
> > > Though I will be calling them on Tuesday, I'm a bit peeved
> > > about this process I have to go through.
> > >
> > > Has anyone else received a book from them, unrequested?
> >
> > You should have just kept the book, notifying them
> > that you were doing so, that is was unsolicited, and
> > that you were not obligated to pay for it and not to
> > send any bills. Since it takes a while to stop the
> > billing process, you may still have received some but
> > you could just throw them out. I do this sort of
> > thing all the time.
> > Kate
>
> Well I called this morning and they said I had "zero" balance.
> So it seems I'm off the books.
>
> So you've been successful with notifying them that
> you were keeping the book? Perhaps next time I'll
> give it a try. I'm not sure if they have my credit card
> number on file. Generally I pay by check...

Don't ever use a credit card for anything like that.
I bought a cd from a tv ad. Didn't notice the fine
print on the tv screen. When I called they said something
about subscribing to more cd's. I told them I was not
interested - I just wanted the cd advertised on tv and
that there was nothing in the ad about getting a whole
series of cd's so they should just send me the one they
advertized and then cancel my "membership". Well, I used
a credit card and I ended up being charged for additional
cd's that they sent me and I kept because I had specifically
told them not to send me anything but the one I ordered.
Since they were sending these others I kept them. I even
called them and told them I was not going to return them
since I didn't order them. Well, in spite of the fact
that I had only authorized them to charge my account for
the first cd they "illegally" continued to charge me.
I didn't notice for a while. After several months I checked
my account (I had not used it in several months and so I
didn't think to look at the bills - just paid my usual
payment) and here were all these charges for the additional
cd's. I got the credit card company to remove the charges.
So, if I ever buy anythig from tv again - very unlikely -
I will send a check. Sheesh. However, this whole thing
never had any adverse effect on my credit. I since
have bought a new car and gotten a Home Depot credit card
among other things.

Kate

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“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?

JJ wrote:
>
> Kate Connally wrote:
>
> > JJ wrote:
> > >
> > > A couple of months ago Cook's Illustrated sent me a book I
> > > did not request (Best Recipe: Baking Illustrated). I called them
> > > and got a label from them to ship it back, which I did. I just
> > > got a past due invoice yesterday.
> > >
> > > Though I will be calling them on Tuesday, I'm a bit peeved
> > > about this process I have to go through.
> > >
> > > Has anyone else received a book from them, unrequested?
> >
> > You should have just kept the book, notifying them
> > that you were doing so, that is was unsolicited, and
> > that you were not obligated to pay for it and not to
> > send any bills. Since it takes a while to stop the
> > billing process, you may still have received some but
> > you could just throw them out. I do this sort of
> > thing all the time.
> > Kate
>
> Well I called this morning and they said I had "zero" balance.
> So it seems I'm off the books.
>
> So you've been successful with notifying them that
> you were keeping the book? Perhaps next time I'll
> give it a try. I'm not sure if they have my credit card
> number on file. Generally I pay by check...

Don't ever use a credit card for anything like that.
I bought a cd from a tv ad. Didn't notice the fine
print on the tv screen. When I called they said something
about subscribing to more cd's. I told them I was not
interested - I just wanted the cd advertised on tv and
that there was nothing in the ad about getting a whole
series of cd's so they should just send me the one they
advertized and then cancel my "membership". Well, I used
a credit card and I ended up being charged for additional
cd's that they sent me and I kept because I had specifically
told them not to send me anything but the one I ordered.
Since they were sending these others I kept them. I even
called them and told them I was not going to return them
since I didn't order them. Well, in spite of the fact
that I had only authorized them to charge my account for
the first cd they "illegally" continued to charge me.
I didn't notice for a while. After several months I checked
my account (I had not used it in several months and so I
didn't think to look at the bills - just paid my usual
payment) and here were all these charges for the additional
cd's. I got the credit card company to remove the charges.
So, if I ever buy anythig from tv again - very unlikely -
I will send a check. Sheesh. However, this whole thing
never had any adverse effect on my credit. I since
have bought a new car and gotten a Home Depot credit card
among other things.

Kate

--
Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?

Peter Aitken > wrote:
: In my experience CI is notorious for sending you things you did not
: explicitly order but somehow agreed to as part of a subscription or
: something else you got from them. It's one of the reasons I cancelled all my
: dealings with them.

I'm pretty ticked off at CI these days. I received an email offer
for the 2002 and 2003 annuals for the price of one. I ordered
them, using my credit card. I received an email informing me that
there is a past due amount on my account for the -- get this --
**1998** annual, so they won't send me the new books until my
account is settled. Uh-HUH! I researched this as best I could,
not wanting to remain delinquent on an account. Then it occurred
to me that, subsequent to the 1998 annual, I purchased the 1999 and
2000 yearbooks, two years worth of subscriptions for myself, AND
a gift subscription. And they're only now discovering and informing
me of a past due amount? GMAFB. In overly polite language,
I told them to stick their annuals where the sun don't shine.

CI will never get another penny from me. It's a shame, really,
I love their magazine, but I don't put up with such shady business
tactics. No siree.

Tammy in Sacramento, California

Peter Aitken > wrote:
: In my experience CI is notorious for sending you things you did not
: explicitly order but somehow agreed to as part of a subscription or
: something else you got from them. It's one of the reasons I cancelled all my
: dealings with them.

I'm pretty ticked off at CI these days. I received an email offer
for the 2002 and 2003 annuals for the price of one. I ordered
them, using my credit card. I received an email informing me that
there is a past due amount on my account for the -- get this --
**1998** annual, so they won't send me the new books until my
account is settled. Uh-HUH! I researched this as best I could,
not wanting to remain delinquent on an account. Then it occurred
to me that, subsequent to the 1998 annual, I purchased the 1999 and
2000 yearbooks, two years worth of subscriptions for myself, AND
a gift subscription. And they're only now discovering and informing
me of a past due amount? GMAFB. In overly polite language,
I told them to stick their annuals where the sun don't shine.

CI will never get another penny from me. It's a shame, really,
I love their magazine, but I don't put up with such shady business
tactics. No siree.

Tammy in Sacramento, California

In article >,
TammyM > wrote:

> I'm pretty ticked off at CI these days. I received an email offer
> for the 2002 and 2003 annuals for the price of one. I ordered
> them, using my credit card. I received an email informing me that
> there is a past due amount on my account for the -- get this --
> **1998** annual, so they won't send me the new books until my
> account is settled. Uh-HUH! I researched this as best I could,
> not wanting to remain delinquent on an account. Then it occurred
> to me that, subsequent to the 1998 annual, I purchased the 1999 and
> 2000 yearbooks, two years worth of subscriptions for myself, AND
> a gift subscription. And they're only now discovering and informing
> me of a past due amount? GMAFB. In overly polite language,
> I told them to stick their annuals where the sun don't shine.
>
> CI will never get another penny from me. It's a shame, really,
> I love their magazine, but I don't put up with such shady business
> tactics. No siree.

Is your objection that you think they're billing you for a nonexistent
debt, or that it's taking them so long to bill you for something you
owed? The outcome of your research wasn't clear.

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In article >,
TammyM > wrote:

> I'm pretty ticked off at CI these days. I received an email offer
> for the 2002 and 2003 annuals for the price of one. I ordered
> them, using my credit card. I received an email informing me that
> there is a past due amount on my account for the -- get this --
> **1998** annual, so they won't send me the new books until my
> account is settled. Uh-HUH! I researched this as best I could,
> not wanting to remain delinquent on an account. Then it occurred
> to me that, subsequent to the 1998 annual, I purchased the 1999 and
> 2000 yearbooks, two years worth of subscriptions for myself, AND
> a gift subscription. And they're only now discovering and informing
> me of a past due amount? GMAFB. In overly polite language,
> I told them to stick their annuals where the sun don't shine.
>
> CI will never get another penny from me. It's a shame, really,
> I love their magazine, but I don't put up with such shady business
> tactics. No siree.

Is your objection that you think they're billing you for a nonexistent
debt, or that it's taking them so long to bill you for something you
owed? The outcome of your research wasn't clear.

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On 2004-07-11, TammyM > wrote:

> CI will never get another penny from me.

Pompous Bowtie Man is not a chef or even a cook. He's a journalist and
magazine owner. Cooking just happened to be a convenient means to an end,
namely acquiring your money.

nb