{"id":20998,"date":"2016-12-17T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-17T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=20998"},"modified":"2021-01-07T20:46:17","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T06:46:17","slug":"weekend-reading-12172016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2016\/12\/17\/weekend-reading-12172016\/","title":{"rendered":"WEEKEND READING – 12\/17\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ben<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

Here are a few interesting junk food-related stories from the past week or so. Enjoy.<\/i><\/p>\n

These Were the Top 10 Ben & Jerry\u2019s Flavors in 2016<\/a> (via Ben & Jerry’s)<\/em><\/p>\n

The Incompatible Food Triad Is The Most Delicious Philosophical Problem Of Our Time<\/a> (via Atlas Obscura)<\/em><\/p>\n

When Mr. Coffee Was The Must-Have Christmas Gift For Java Snobs<\/a> (via NPR’s The Salt)<\/em><\/p>\n

So There’s a 47-Year-Old Burger Sitting in the Alberta Legislature Building<\/a> (via Atlas Obscura)<\/em><\/p>\n

A History of McDonald\u2019s at the Movies<\/a> (via Coming Soon)<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/a>Image via flickr user Andreanna Moya \/ CC BY 2.0<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here are a few interesting junk food-related stories from the past week or so. Enjoy. These Were the Top 10 Ben & Jerry\u2019s Flavors in 2016 (via Ben & Jerry’s) The Incompatible Food Triad Is The Most Delicious Philosophical Problem Of Our Time (via Atlas Obscura) When Mr. Coffee Was The Must-Have Christmas Gift For […]<\/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-20998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekend-reading"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5600,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2010\/01\/20\/review-ben-jerrys-hannah-teters-maple-blondie\/","url_meta":{"origin":20998,"position":0},"title":"REVIEW: Ben & Jerry’s Hannah Teter’s Maple Blondie","author":"Marvo","date":"January 20, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"I don't think I've ever met a flavor of Ben & Jerry's ice cream that I didn't like, even their new Limited Batch Hannah Teter's Maple Blondie. 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