There are many versions of the Neiman Marcus cookie myth. It goes a little something like this: a woman was out to eat one night at the Neiman Marcus Cafe in Dallas. She ordered a cookie for dessert after dinner. She got the cookie and loved it so much that she asked her waiter if she could have the recipe for their signature chocolate chip cookie. The waiter said no, so she offered to pay for the recipe. He told her it would cost her “two-fifty,” and she agreed. When she got her credit card bill in the mail, she realized that he meant “two-fifty,” as in $250. She couldn’t believe she’d been charged that much for a cookie recipe. So, as revenge, she shared the original recipe to make sure that everyone would have access to it.