Sometimes I just want to smack certain people across the head, and this latest idiocy involving NY's Pearl Oyster Bar's Rebecca Charles and her former sous chef Ed McFarland and "intellectual property"--a.k.a. the menu--has my palm craving a good impact tingle. Someone so foolish as to sue over place settings and Caesar dressing is plain annoying, but even more foolish is the fact McFarland considered copying his ex-boss like that. He has some nerve. But still, I think every restaurant owner should be wary of employees replicating their methods.