Hello everyone! I am incredibly excited to meet you all. My name is Alex. I like to eat.<\/p>\n
As someone who has been reading The Impulsive Buy for years and has spent much time in grocery store aisles using the reviews to decide if I should buy the newest Pop-Tarts flavor, I take my responsibility to you all seriously. I will do my best to never steer you wrong. As my training in my first retail job at 18 taught me, the way to build trust is to share knowledge. Kind of an intense business lesson to throw at a teen folding shirts, but anyways, here\u2019s some things to know about me:<\/p>\n
I grew up just outside of Boston, raised by a family of food lovers to have a healthy respect and equal appreciation for both Michelin-starred fine dining and gas station tuna sandwiches. I will eat anything and want to try everything. At the cafeteria table in elementary school, there was never a need for a dare or bribery to get me to try concoctions like leftover mashed potatoes and orange soda my friend mixed on their tray with a spork.<\/p>\n
Now that I live in Southern California, I am particularly aware of and value the foods of my youth that I was surprised to learn don\u2019t exist here: Fluff, split-top hot dog buns, \u201ckiddie\u201d servings of ice cream that would fill the Stanley Cup (now that I think about it, watching hockey doesn\u2019t really exist here either). That awareness not only strengthened my resolve to try the weirdest, most interesting, or most culturally unique items on menus or in stores but made me more passionate about the foods that one can get in every state, foods we all eat across the country.<\/p>\n
I hope to share this love and curiosity for food with you all and will always welcome your thoughts and insight in the comment section. I will also definitely welcome any pairing recommendations for any food I review; I am from the land of innovation, where someone figured out marshmallow and peanut butter belong together, after all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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