Barefoot Contessa star Ina Garten is a Gawker.TV favorite—remember?—and my personal hero. On yesterday's episode, Garten held a luncheon for some women who donated $100,000 to charity to eat her food. Oh, yeah—Alec Baldwin did the shopping.

[Dear Leader Kim Jong-il eats a tasty biscuit in this photo released today by the Korean Central News Agency. Image via AP]

Today is Bóndadagur, "Husband's Day," when Icelandic wives feed their husbands "dried fish, smoked lamb, putrefied shark and soured blood and liver pudding along with other soured meat products, including ram testicles" as a token of their love.

The manufacturers of Toxic Waste Nuclear Sludge Chew Bars pulled their product off the shelf when they found twice as much lead in them as is legally permitted. The bars come in cherry, raspberry, apple, and new irony flavor.

With pecan prices rising, the AP reports pecan thefts are becoming more common. Unsurprising. After macadamias and cashews, pecans are the third-tastiest nut. Though some people argue that peanuts are tastier. Insanity? Commenters: rank nuts in order of tastiness below!

Wal-Mart today announced a five-year plan to modestly reduce sodium, sugar, and trans fats in all the food it sells. For this, they got a press conference with Michelle Obama in a sleeveless dress. Totally worth it. [NYT]

Remember the Arizona restaurant that served lion burgers during the World Cup? Well, another Arizona restaurant (go figure!), Boca Tacos y Tequila is taking pre-orders for African lion tacos, which will be available next month for $8.75 each.

Everyone agrees that a man was shot in in Philadelphia on Monday following an argument. What they can't agree about is why: Was he shot for eating his friend's cake, or for eating his friend's French fries?

A Latin American booze distributor now sells "dram in a can," 12 ounces of whiskey in one vessel. That's eight shots, so they're marketing it as "the perfect size to be shared between three people." Scottish whiskey makers are outraged.

OK, so this is basically the definition of cute—and funny to boot! Watch as an adorable—albeit slightly pudgy—cat paws away at its empty food bowl, gives a look of despair to its owner, and repeats the cycle... adorably.

Who the hell eats at Panera Bread Co.? That's a trick question because everyone knows the answer is "Hippie suckers with lots of money." They're so hippie and rich that they just pay without even being forced to. Suckers.

Maybe advertising was different in the 1970s—when this commercial for Fig Newtons made its debut—but I honestly cannot fathom why Nabisco would think that this creepy-as-all-hell ad would make anyone want to buy anything. Like, ever. Watch inside.

This video is cute—well, it's cute in a "Did that little girl just get possessed by Satan?" way. Anyway! This is Penny. Because Penny's parents are horrible, they decided to feed her grapefruit juice and film the results.

McDonald's (formerly "The United States Department of Health") has plans for Japan. Big plans. Idaho big. With a hash brown on top.

Check out the hot new trend sweeping posh Manhattan restaurants: Eating your meal, then running away before you pay the check! "Theft of service" was up 20 percent last year, and the people doing it weren't just poor jerks.

Whoa, Subway is now selling falafel? Yes, and Chicago is ablaze with rage over it.

Here's a video of the Heinz Automato ketchup-dispensing robot, which was built—we assume—for some sort of challenge. The goal? Dispense ketchup on six items in 30 seconds. How did the robot do? Uh... not so great. Watch inside.

The last few days will likely go down in history as the week that Ted Williams ubiquitously reigned over America's pop culture throne. Williams' first post-discovery job—an ad for Kraft Mac & Cheese—just hit the web. Watch inside.

The Way We Live Now: starving. Who can afford food these days? Maize, soybeans, wheat... the prices are all ridiculous. We're saving our money to fund our empty pension plans, replace our crumbling football stadiums, and recreate the Rust Belt!

There's really not too much to this video. It's only about 10 seconds long, it features only one person, and she only speaks a couple of sentences. But boy oh boy is it the funniest thing I've seen all day.