As most people know, we love fat in just about all its forms here at Serious Eats. We love bacon, barbecue, butter, lardo, guanciale, prime dry-aged beef, Wagyu beef, burgers, lard, prosciutto, cheese, and pastrami. But we try to advocate consuming these ultradelicious fatty foods in moderation. According to a provocative, eye-opening, and artery-clogging story in the new, hip business culture magazine Portfolio, the folks at Carl's Jr. and Hardee's don't feel a similar need. If they had their way, we'd consume half-pound hamburgers topped with, among other things, a hot dog, early and often. Consider the opening paragraph of the story:...
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