{"id":22921,"date":"2017-06-10T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-10T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=22921"},"modified":"2021-01-10T20:49:18","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T06:49:18","slug":"weekend-reading-6102017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2017\/06\/10\/weekend-reading-6102017\/","title":{"rendered":"WEEKEND READING &#8211; 6\/10\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div style=\"text-align:center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/denisemattox\/3926602523\/\" title=\"Whataburger\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/3\/2620\/3926602523_abfd8b3eb7_z.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"Whataburger\"\/><\/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.businessinsider.com\/whataburger-beats-five-guys-in-better-burger-marketshare-2017-6>A regional Texas burger chain just beat In-N-Out and Five Guys in one crucial way<\/a> <em>(via Business Insider)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=https:\/\/munchies.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/greek-pizza-is-the-best-mediocre-food-youve-never-eaten>Greek Pizza Is the Best Mediocre Food You\u2019ve Never Eaten<\/a> <em>(via Munchies)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/food-cocktails\/a9994240\/industry-kitchen-unicorn-pizza><\/a>You\u2019re Going to Lose it Over Fluffy Pink Unicorn Pizza <em>(via Cosmopolitan)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/fortune.com\/2017\/06\/08\/fortune-500-starbucks-howard-schultz><\/a>Howard Schultz Has Something Left to Prove <em>(via Fortune)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/www.epicurious.com\/expert-advice\/best-japanese-snacks-you-can-buy-on-amazon-article>13 Cult Japanese Snacks You Can Buy on Amazon<\/a> <em>(via Epicurious)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><small><a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/denisemattox\/3926602523><\/a>Image via flickr user Denise Mattox \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/2.0\/deed.en\">CC BY ND 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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A regional Texas burger chain just beat In-N-Out and Five Guys in one crucial way (via Business Insider) Greek Pizza Is the Best Mediocre Food You\u2019ve Never Eaten (via Munchies) You\u2019re Going to Lose it Over Fluffy Pink Unicorn Pizza [&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-22921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekend-reading"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21428,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2017\/03\/18\/weekend-reading-3182017\/","url_meta":{"origin":22921,"position":0},"title":"WEEKEND READING &#8211; 3\/18\/2017","author":"Marvo","date":"March 18, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are a few interesting junk food-related stories from the past week or so. 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Enjoy. This Secretive Billionaire Makes The Cheese For Pizza Hut, Domino's And Papa John's (via Forbes) Why are doughnut boxes pink? 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The Science Behind Why We Crave Loud and Crunchy Foods (via Mental Floss) Michiganders Can Order the World\u2019s Largest Pizza Delivered to Their Doorsteps (via Atlas Obscura) Jellyfish Chips Are the Future of Junk Food\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":"Limited Time Only Tostitos Sopapilla Cinnamon  Sugar Tortilla Chips 3","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Limited-Time-Only-Tostitos-Sopapilla-Cinnamon-Sugar-Tortilla-Chips-3.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Limited-Time-Only-Tostitos-Sopapilla-Cinnamon-Sugar-Tortilla-Chips-3.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Limited-Time-Only-Tostitos-Sopapilla-Cinnamon-Sugar-Tortilla-Chips-3.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22921","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=22921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22921\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}