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Turns out, US Weekly is right: Celebrities are just like you and me. At least when it comes to favorite snacks, which may not fall within the guidelines of the stars' personal chefs or trainers. So while you tuck into your seventh Mallomar of the evening, be comforted by the fact that Kim Kardashian has a fondness for... read on and you'll find out. Of course, there are a few spoilsports who claim absolutely no weakness for gooey things. We think they may be lying.

Take the quiz after the jump.

Even reality TV stars are pinching their pennies these days.

Last week bombshell Kim Kardashian was spotted eating at Chili's in Oxnard, Calif., with beau Miles Austin, a Dallas Cowboys wide receiver, RadarOnline.com reported.

Kardashian rolled up to the family eatery in her black Bentley, witnesses said.

"I can't believe it. Kim Kardashian eating at Chili's," a fellow diner who spotted the couple told RadarOnline.com. "It was just funny seeing her get out of her big Bentley and walk into Chili's."

Kardashian has been casually dating Austin for three months and visited him several times during the two weeks the Dallas Cowboys were at their Oxnard, Calif., training camp.

The couple hit up Chili's on a Thursday, when the chain's $20 dinner for two is a hit, RadarOnline.com reported.

It's pretty obvious, ladies: The 30-second spot with Kim Kardashian lolling around in bed with a Carl's Jr. chicken salad isn't meant for us. And it's not really about that salad, either. This is full-on food porn, but let's be honest -- in fast-food ads these days, the porn is more like, well, porn. The Kardashian commercial has all the staples of the genre -- the smooth, sexy soundtrack, plenty of cleavage shots, and even an eye-opening close-up of glistening drops of dressing on her lips and falling down between her breasts. Hungry yet?

Another recent gem comes courtesy of Burger King, this time a print image that was released in Singapore of a woman seconds away from deep-throating a sandwich called the "seven-incher." (Burger King was also responsible for that bizarre spot advertising Sponge Bob Square Pants kids meals with scantily clad women dancing to "Baby Got Back.")

Not for women. Got it. But are men really buying what they're selling? Evidently, yes. The Kardashian ad comes courtesy of CKE Restaurants, the parent group of Carl's Jr. and Hardee's. The campaign actually started in 2005, with a spot featuring bathing-suit-clad Paris Hilton arching, crawling and posing her way around a wet Bentley to the tune of "I love Paris in the Summer." Oh yeah, and at some point therein, she eats a Carl's Jr. burger. (Seductively, of course.)

AskMen.com released their "Top 99 Most Desirable Women" list this morning and food industry powerhouses Padma Lakshmi and Giada De Laurentiis are on it, beating out popular hotties like Kim Kardashian and Blake Lively. The Top 99 Most Desirable Women is decided by an annual poll in which readers are asked to consider more than instant sex appeal -- more than 6 million votes were cast this year.

Find out who the number one most desirable woman is, along with the complete list.

Do you think Padma and Giada belong on the 'Most Desirable List?' Tell us in the comments.

Carl's Jr. likes its commercials as spicy as its barbecue burgers -- with plenty of sexual suggestion on the side. Paris Hilton, Audrina Patridge (in a bikini on the beach) and Padma Lakshmi have all flaunted themselves in sexy ads for the company's Western Bacon, Spicy Barbecue and Teriyaki Burgers. Who can forget the 2005 ad starring Paris Hilton in leather and high heels, hosing down a Bentley while at the same time devouring a spicy barbecue burger?

Now it's Kim Kardashian's turn. But instead of burgers, she'll be shilling salads. The reality star is promoting Carl's three new entrée salads in a commercial that debuts on Dec. 28. With a "Who Says Salads Can't Be Hot?" campaign tagline, the company is counting on Kardashian's sex appeal to sell what many fast-food fans find decidedly unsexy.

Judging by the behind-the scenes video preview, Kardashian is giving everything she's got to change that image. In the ad, Kardashian is lounging on a bed, eating a Carl's Jr. salad with only her fingers. A far more suggestive shot shows the dark-haired beauty wiping salad dressing from her cleavage with what appears to be an apple slice.