{"id":22492,"date":"2017-05-20T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-20T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=22492"},"modified":"2021-01-10T20:49:32","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T06:49:32","slug":"weekend-reading-5202017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2017\/05\/20\/weekend-reading-5202017\/","title":{"rendered":"WEEKEND READING &#8211; 5\/20\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div style=\"text-align:center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/slgc\/6298173103\/\" title=\"Day 304- Trick or Treat!\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/7\/6093\/6298173103_22897894a6_z.jpg?resize=640%2C424&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" alt=\"Day 304- Trick or Treat!\"\/><\/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=https:\/\/qz.com\/986686\/nestle-nsrgy-and-mondelez-mdlz-have-spent-years-in-court-fighting-over-the-trademark-of-kit-kat-bars><\/a>Two candy giants have spent years in court fighting over the shape of Kit Kat bars <em>(via Quartz)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/www.delish.com\/food\/a53063\/what-its-really-like-being-a-costco-sample-person><\/a>What It&#8217;s Really Like Being A Costco Sample Person <em>(via Delish)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/articles\/hydrox-cookies-oreo>The Sad History of Hydrox Cookies, Which Were Probably Doomed Because They Were Called Hydrox<\/a> <em>(via Atlas Obscura)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/mentalfloss.com\/article\/56739\/brief-history-chocolate-chip>A Brief History of the Chocolate Chip<\/a> <em>(via Mental Floss)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/www.delish.com\/food\/a52337\/quit-job-junk-food-bloggers><\/a>Here&#8217;s How I Turned My Junk Food Obsession Into A Successful Career <em>(via Delish)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><small><a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/slgc\/6298173103><\/a>Image via flickr user slgckgc \/ <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. 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Two candy giants have spent years in court fighting over the shape of Kit Kat bars (via Quartz) What It&#8217;s Really Like Being A Costco Sample Person (via Delish) The Sad History of Hydrox Cookies, Which Were Probably Doomed Because [&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-22492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekend-reading"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19248,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2015\/10\/28\/review-leaf-hydrox-cookies-2015\/","url_meta":{"origin":22492,"position":0},"title":"REVIEW: Leaf Hydrox Cookies (2015)","author":"Marvo","date":"October 28, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"All over the Internet there are posts that lament and list discontinued snacks. 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