Eye Candy: If you are a dog owner in Tokyo, you owe it to us to order one of these custom dog birthday cakes from Lovina some time in the next 15 minutes [Japan Probe via Neatorama]
Iran bans cooking programs that present recipes for foreign cuisine -J Post
The 21 funniest menu fails -HuffPo
Russell Brand on kissing Jennifer Garner ... tastes like red velvet cake -The Daily Beast
The world's first anti-cancer cookery school -Telegraph
Tips on how to deal with restaurants hosts who make you wait when you have a reservation -Esquire
Runners in Raleigh's annual Krispy Kreme Challenge dash 2 miles, scarf a dozen donuts, sprint back -News Observer
Raw milk cheesemakers fret over possible new rules -NYT
Michele Obama in talks to fight obesity with national restaurant association -NYT
Why the government is telling us to eat less pizza -NYMag
Oysters are becoming functionally extinct -Daily Mail
New site, Table Envy, scalps primo reservations for charity - Grub Street
Meet the Grilled Cheese martini -NYT
Unexpected table manners around the world -Daily Meal