{"id":21377,"date":"2017-03-11T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-11T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=21377"},"modified":"2021-01-10T19:48:40","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T05:48:40","slug":"weekend-reading-3112017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2017\/03\/11\/weekend-reading-3112017\/","title":{"rendered":"WEEKEND READING &#8211; 3\/11\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div style=\"text-align:center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jeepersmedia\/18821014299\/\" title=\"In-N-Out Burger\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/4\/3948\/18821014299_e0defdaeeb_z.jpg?resize=640%2C421&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"421\" alt=\"In-N-Out Burger\"\/><\/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:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2017\/03\/09\/these-are-americas-favorite-restaurants-when-on-the-run.html>These are America&#8217;s favorite fast food restaurants<\/a> <em>(via CNBC)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=https:\/\/www.dnainfo.com\/chicago\/20170307\/logan-square\/congress-theater-eric-nordstrom-urban-remains-hidden-treasure-candy-containers>Time Capsule Of Depression-Era Candy Wrappers Found In Congress Theater<\/a> <em>(via DNAinfo)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/mentalfloss.com\/article\/92942\/10-facts-about-americas-most-popular-breakfast-cereals>10 Facts About America&#8217;s Most Popular Breakfast Cereals<\/a> <em>(via Mental Floss)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/venessawong\/starbucks-plans-to-cram-even-more-people-into-its-crowded-st?utm_term=.xnLEAX4m7#.kt3dJy0Mj>Starbucks Wants Its Crowded Stores To Cram In An Extra 20 Customers Every Day<\/a> <em>(via BuzzFeed)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/mentalfloss.com\/article\/93070\/scientists-3d-printed-cheese>Scientists 3D Printed Cheese <\/a> <em>(via Mental Floss)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><small><a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jeepersmedia\/18821014299><\/a>Image via flickr user Mike Mozart \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/deed.en\">CC BY 2.0<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are a few interesting junk food-related stories from the past week or so. Enjoy. These are America&#8217;s favorite fast food restaurants (via CNBC) Time Capsule Of Depression-Era Candy Wrappers Found In Congress Theater (via DNAinfo) 10 Facts About America&#8217;s Most Popular Breakfast Cereals (via Mental Floss) Starbucks Wants Its Crowded Stores To Cram In [&hellip;]<\/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-21377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekend-reading"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21883,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2017\/04\/15\/weekend-reading-4152017\/","url_meta":{"origin":21377,"position":0},"title":"WEEKEND READING &#8211; 4\/15\/2017","author":"Marvo","date":"April 15, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are a few interesting junk food-related stories from the past week or so. 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Enjoy. Mars investigating Skittles said to be intended for cattle (via The AP) This Food Critic Will Take The Taco. Again. And Again. And Again. (via NPR's The Salt) Artist Cynthia Suwito knits with real ramen\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":"skittles","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/185\/455880294_9a4128716a_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/185\/455880294_9a4128716a_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/185\/455880294_9a4128716a_z.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":20713,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2016\/10\/15\/weekend-reading-10152016\/","url_meta":{"origin":21377,"position":2},"title":"WEEKEND READING &#8211; 10\/15\/2016","author":"Marvo","date":"October 15, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are a few interesting junk food-related stories from the past week or so. Enjoy. The 1970s Monster Cereal That Caused a Pink Poop Panic (via Atlas Obscura) Why is the green M&M so seductive? (via Food.Mic) Inside the secret, backroom deals big brands make to vie for control over\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":"Frankenberry","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c8.staticflickr.com\/5\/4030\/4461379247_9e2e304b9e.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":23442,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2017\/07\/08\/weekend-reading-782017\/","url_meta":{"origin":21377,"position":3},"title":"WEEKEND READING &#8211; 7\/8\/2017","author":"Marvo","date":"July 8, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are a few interesting junk food-related stories from the past week or so. Enjoy. 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