Courtesy of the Illinois State Fair, men can chow down on a rich "ice cream sundae" - only it's made of meat and potatoes with a tomato "cherry" on top.

In America, children know this type of dish as "Uncrustables" - pre-made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with the crust cut off. In France, children eat many kinds of tartine, which is an open-faced sandwich topped with high-quality ingredients.

Denny's Restaurants have a new entry in the "most fattening entree" category.

Sometimes Canadians can get a little self-righteous about all the fatty fast food options available south of their border.

Southern California chain In-N-Out-Burger is popular nationwide, as most visitors to the Southland get treated to some of America's best burgers at one point or another while visiting. People say that the In-N-Out "Secret Menu" can't be secret any more because some items are printed on their website at http://www.in-n-out.com/secretmenu.asp.

At Easter, the popular fad was Peep Sushi. Now the Pop-Tarts World Cafe has opened in New York City and the most popular new product served so far is Pop Tart Sushi, made from three kinds of minced Pop Tarts wrapped in a fruit roll.

I was shopping in West Hollywood this past weekend and saw an unusual new product: Perky Jerky. Perky Jerky is a snack made from beef jerky enhanced by guarana.

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A foot-long gourmet hot dog is another entry in the Guinness Book of World Records for New York's Serendipity III restaurant, also creator of the world's most expensive ice cream sundae.

Courtesy of "This is Why You're Fat.com," a recent entry is the Snackadium, a whopper of a party dish.

Founded before 1600 in Japan, Toraya Confectioners are on the top 100 world's oldest companies list. This is one of their traditional Japanese confections called "midori," which I'm thinking indicates melon, not green tea.