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NYC Chef Accused of Sex Harassment in Kitchen
NEW YORK -- A waitress filed a $20 million lawsuit Wednesday against a high-end Japanese restaurant in one of the city's trendiest areas, claiming its head cook groped her, molested her with kitchen utensils and sexually harassed her.

It's the phrase "molested her with kitchen utensils" that interests me here. Because if someone has discovered new uses for a ricer I'd like to know about it. And frankly, I have always thought the erotic possibilites of spatulas have never been truly exploited.

Experts find 'smoking gun' spinach
Whaddya call this? Oh yeah, I think it's an "heirloom varietal."