{"id":24042,"date":"2017-08-19T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-19T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=24042"},"modified":"2021-01-10T21:10:45","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T07:10:45","slug":"weekend-reading-8192017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2017\/08\/19\/weekend-reading-8192017\/","title":{"rendered":"WEEKEND READING &#8211; 8\/19\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div style=\"text-align:center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mihoda\/303165301\/\" title=\"Oreo\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/112\/303165301_a0606a82a1_z.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"Oreo\"\/><\/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.seriouseats.com\/2017\/08\/history-of-oreos-bravetart-cookbook.html>How Oreos Got Their Name: The Rise of an American Icon<\/a> <em>(via Serious Eats)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=https:\/\/munchies.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/gyyyqx\/taco-bells-naked-egg-taco-is-really-all-about-instagram>Taco Bell&#8217;s Naked Egg Taco Is Really All About Instagram<\/a> <em>(via Munchies)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=https:\/\/qz.com\/1057247\/a-substitute-for-sugar-seems-almost-impossible-to-find-in-nature><\/a>The quest to find the perfect replacement for sugar is looking hopeless <em>(via Quartz)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2017\/08\/16\/543980504\/the-best-item-in-an-astronaut-s-care-package-definitely-the-ice-cream>The Best Item In An Astronaut&#8217;s Care Package? Definitely The Ice Cream<\/a> <em>(via NPR)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=https:\/\/munchies.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/xwwxp7\/dollar29-million-pizza-making-robot-is-still-struggling-to-make-a-pizza>$2.9 Million Pizza-Making Robot Is Still Struggling to Make a Pizza<\/a> <em>(via Munchies)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><small><a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mihoda\/303165301><\/a>Image via flickr user mihoda \/ <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. How Oreos Got Their Name: The Rise of an American Icon (via Serious Eats) Taco Bell&#8217;s Naked Egg Taco Is Really All About Instagram (via Munchies) The quest to find the perfect replacement for sugar is looking hopeless (via Quartz) [&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-24042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekend-reading"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21340,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2017\/03\/04\/weekend-reading-342017\/","url_meta":{"origin":24042,"position":0},"title":"WEEKEND READING &#8211; 3\/4\/2017","author":"Marvo","date":"March 4, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are a few interesting junk food-related stories from the past week or so. 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Enjoy. Burger King\u2019s Halloween Whopper: Two Years Later. (via Dinosaur Dracula) The Gooey History of the Fluffernutter Sandwich (via Mental Floss) Here's why you see Sonic ads even when there isn't a location anywhere near where\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":"Burger King A 1 Halloween Whopper","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Burger-King-A.1.-Halloween-Whopper.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Burger-King-A.1.-Halloween-Whopper.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Burger-King-A.1.-Halloween-Whopper.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9111,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2011\/04\/13\/review-taco-bell-cheesy-double-decker-taco\/","url_meta":{"origin":24042,"position":2},"title":"REVIEW: Taco Bell Cheesy Double Decker Taco","author":"Marvo","date":"April 13, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I wanted to ask the slightly above minimum wage earning person behind the Taco Bell counter if I could buy a large container of their nacho cheese sauce. I didn't ask because I wanted to be a dick, I asked because if all it takes is their nacho cheese sauce\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Reviews&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Reviews","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/category\/reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Taco Bell Cheesy Double Decker","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5263\/5617437305_8df128a130.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":16514,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2014\/03\/14\/quick-review-taco-bell-xxl-steak-crispy-taco\/","url_meta":{"origin":24042,"position":3},"title":"QUICK REVIEW: Taco Bell XXL Steak Crispy Taco","author":"Marvo","date":"March 14, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Purchased Price: $3.89* Size: N\/A Purchased at: Taco Bell Rating: 6 out of 10 Pros: Holy cow there's a lot of steak in this taco. Steak is easy to chew; no tough parts. Taco shell seemed sturdier than Taco Bell's regular taco shell. 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