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Humane Society Invests in Fast Food; Twinkies As Flotation Device?

• The Humane Society has become an investor in the private-equity firm that owns Carl’s Jr and Hardee’s. Keep your enemies close? [HuffPo]

• NPR’s food blog the Salt has some helpful suggestions for what to do with Twinkies, including wearing them or using them as a flotation device. [Salt/NPR]

• Sasha Petraske was rebuffed by Community Board 6 when he pitched his plan for a low-key cocktail bar for the neighborhood. Good one, CB 6; there goes Murray Hill’s one chance to be kinda cool. [DNA]

• Behold the insidious truth behind why your grandma pilfers sugar packets. [Eatocracy/CNN]

• “Flex-casual” is an increasingly popular concept in the chain-restaurant industry: counter service by day, full service by night. [NRN]

Humane Society Invests in Fast Food; Twinkies As Flotation Device?