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A lawyer for Hachisu’s publisher sent a letter in June demanding that the impugned cookbook be withdrawn from sale and any web content taken down. A letter from the Kansas City lawyer for Andrews McMeel Publishing charted alleged “infringing language” in six recipes and said the “timing, tenor and substance” of the response would help decide whether damages would be sought.

Months later, Hachisu now says she’s seeking a total of $30,000 in compensation, pursuing “the principle of the matter” on her own but has not filed a lawsuit.

But according to Gusto World Media, it will be they who file a lawsuit in Ontario shortly.

“To avoid any confusion, I wish to be clear, the One World Kitchen cookbook does not infringe any alleged rights of Ms. Hachisu,” Knight, the author of a string of cookbooks along with his work on television, said in a statement.

Knight said that Hachisu has taken her allegations to social media — her tweets use words such as “cowards” and “morally reprehensible” — instead of asserting them in court. Gusto Worldwide Media, meanwhile, “has remained patient and has taken the high road with the hope that the matter would be resolved and not escalate further.”

Hachisu, however, said she’s been trying to resolve the situation since without success and calls Knight’s response “pure bluster.”

“Should they just be allowed to steal my text because I have no financial means to fight this in court?” she asked. “Where is the line drawn? And why am I vilified for tweeting the truth when I can get no response from Gusto TV unless I send out a tweet or fight back?”