Alain Ducasse's bread line — Brother, can you spare a buck?

How to else to explain the appearance of a $1 appetizer (above) on the menu of multi-Michelin-starred chef Alain Ducasse's New York City bistro Benoit (below)?

"The 'egg mayo,' on the menu since the April opening, resembles a deviled egg and comes with a slice of toasted French bed and a lettuce leaf," wrote Jerry Shriver in an item in today's USA Today.

Half the egg is hard cooked, the other half deviled, with a dollop of mayo on the side.

Don't get your baggies in a twist heading over there thinking that's a foretaste of things to come: the other appetizers average $14 a pop.