{"id":20864,"date":"2016-11-19T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-19T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=20864"},"modified":"2021-01-07T20:44:20","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T06:44:20","slug":"weekend-reading-11192016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2016\/11\/19\/weekend-reading-11192016\/","title":{"rendered":"WEEKEND READING &#8211; 11\/19\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div style=\"text-align:center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/theimpulsivebuy\/8159592581\/\" title=\"Limited Edition Smoked Cheddar Cheetos Puffs Closeup\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c6.staticflickr.com\/9\/8057\/8159592581_7951e3a006_z.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"Limited Edition Smoked Cheddar Cheetos Puffs Closeup\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><i>Here are a few interesting junk food-related stories from the past week or so. Enjoy.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/tedium.co\/2016\/11\/10\/cheese-curls-creation-story><\/a>Junk Food\u2019s Happiest Accident <em>(via Tedium)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=https:\/\/munchies.vice.com\/en\/articles\/the-long-weird-history-and-mythology-of-oyster-ice-cream>The Long, Weird History and Mythology of Oyster Ice Cream<\/a> <em>(via Munchies)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=https:\/\/consumerist.com\/2016\/11\/14\/young-grocery-shoppers-have-no-idea-who-this-paul-newman-guy-is><\/a>Young Grocery Shoppers Have No Idea Who This \u2018Paul Newman\u2019 Guy Is <em>(via Consumerist)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=https:\/\/munchies.vice.com\/en\/articles\/sit-down-sriracha-we-need-to-talk>Sit Down, Sriracha\u2014We Need to Talk<\/a> <em>(via Munchies)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are a few interesting junk food-related stories from the past week or so. Enjoy. Junk Food\u2019s Happiest Accident (via Tedium) The Long, Weird History and Mythology of Oyster Ice Cream (via Munchies) Young Grocery Shoppers Have No Idea Who This \u2018Paul Newman\u2019 Guy Is (via Consumerist) Sit Down, Sriracha\u2014We Need to Talk (via Munchies)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1461],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekend-reading"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26513,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2018\/01\/06\/weekend-reading-1-6-2018\/","url_meta":{"origin":20864,"position":0},"title":"WEEKEND READING &#8211; 1\/6\/2018","author":"Marvo","date":"January 6, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are a few interesting junk food-related stories from the past week or so. 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Enjoy. Where Did Ketchup Come From, Anyway? (via Epicurious) The Great Debate Over the Origin of the Ice Cream Sundae (via Mental Floss) Here's an inside look at how M&M's are made (via Business Insider) Extreme Ice Cream\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Weekend Reading&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Weekend Reading","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/category\/weekend-reading\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Heinz","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c8.staticflickr.com\/2\/1482\/26739588175_26ed89a816_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c8.staticflickr.com\/2\/1482\/26739588175_26ed89a816_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c8.staticflickr.com\/2\/1482\/26739588175_26ed89a816_z.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":22492,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2017\/05\/20\/weekend-reading-5202017\/","url_meta":{"origin":20864,"position":3},"title":"WEEKEND READING &#8211; 5\/20\/2017","author":"Marvo","date":"May 20, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are a few interesting junk food-related stories from the past week or so. 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Two candy giants have spent years in court fighting over the shape of Kit Kat bars (via Quartz) What It's Really Like Being A Costco Sample Person (via Delish) The Sad History of Hydrox Cookies,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Weekend Reading&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Weekend Reading","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/category\/weekend-reading\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Day 304- Trick or Treat!","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/7\/6093\/6298173103_22897894a6_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/7\/6093\/6298173103_22897894a6_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/7\/6093\/6298173103_22897894a6_z.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":20598,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2016\/09\/17\/weekend-reading-9172016\/","url_meta":{"origin":20864,"position":4},"title":"WEEKEND READING &#8211; 9\/17\/2016","author":"Marvo","date":"September 17, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are a few interesting junk food-related stories from the past week or so. 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Here's a Ranking of Stoners' Favorite Fast Food Restaurants (via Munchies) The Dishes You Should Avoid at Chain Restaurants, According to the People Who Work There (via Lifehacker) Christ in the Garden of Endless Breadsticks\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Weekend Reading&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Weekend Reading","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/category\/weekend-reading\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20864\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}