The Burger That Ate America
All hail the behemoth. We are not sure from whence this monstrosity of gorging comes, but my god, it is a thing of gluttonous excess that all but presages our current dire economic catastrophe — but through meat. John Steinbeck once wrote in a letter to his friend Adlai Stevenson, “If I wanted to destroy a nation, I would give it too much and I would have it on its knees, miserable, greedy and sick.” And no, you’re not mistaken, the buns are deep-dish pizzas.
