To start your weekend off on a bright note, here are some interesting notes from the world of food and restaurants.

In an ingenious marketing move, a restaurant in London has decided to step into a void and offer pizzas so strange only a mother-to-be could love them. This article describes how one restaurant in London had pregnant women coming to them asking if they would be willing to put some odd items on top of a pizza for them, a request that had been denied by other restaurants. The owners decided that it seemed like a great idea and have now created 8 different “Pregnancy Pizzas” based off the most requested toppings.

In this article the CEO of Carl’s Jr. and Hardees says that he is more than happy to use sex to sell his company’s products. This is the company, I’m sure you will remember, who thought that a great way to sell a hamburger is to have Paris Hilton eat one in a bathing suit while washing a car. This is also the same company who just unleashed a 920 calorie breakfast sandwich. They obviously are not after the soccer mom or dieting clientele.

Move over white bread and make some room for cheese, the grilled cheese is trying to move in on your territory. An increase in grilled cheese sandwiches on restaurant menus across the country has many people looking at this simple sandwich as the greatest thing since sliced bread. The sandwich is helped by the fact that in difficult times (um, can you say war, gas prices, housing market worries, etc.) people tend to turn to comfort foods and many people look remember these iconic sandwiches from childhood. Although, I don’t remember my mom having 32 different versions of the sandwich when I was growing up.

Finally, 50 Cent (the rapper) is suing Taco Bell over an advertisement the fast food company used recently. To try to promote their new value menu (where everything is 79, 89, or 99 cents they released a funny letter to 50 Cent asking him to change his name to one of their new prices for a day. However, 50 isn’t laughing. He is now suing the company for $4 million because he says people thought he was endorsing the company and its products because his name was mentioned in the ads. It will be a while before this hits court, if it does, but it will be interesting to see what Taco Bell does now.