{"id":66261,"date":"2024-12-02T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=66261"},"modified":"2024-11-28T16:03:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T02:03:27","slug":"announcement-new-impulsive-buy-reviewer-amber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2024\/12\/02\/announcement-new-impulsive-buy-reviewer-amber\/","title":{"rendered":"ANNOUNCEMENT: New Impulsive Buy Reviewer Amber"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, I\u2019m Amber: food nerd, bird nerd, tech nerd\u2014and I wear those badges with pride. As a longtime New Englander, I\u2019ve perfected the art of sporting a Pats T-shirt and sipping iced Dunks while shoveling snow. My home is a delightful chaos shared with my wonderful husband (who cheerfully joins me on Food Adventures across Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Connecticut), three lovable French Bulldogs, and Monty, our resilient 2.5-legged rescue toad, named after <em>Monty Python and the Holy Grail<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Few things light up my world like spotting a \u201cNew\u201d or \u201cLimited Edition\u201d sticker on junk food, especially if it\u2019s seasonal. Slap a snowflake, fall leaf, or Santa hat on candy, cookies, or crackers, and I\u2019m halfway to the checkout while my husband mutters about my hypothetical demise in a zombie apocalypse. Sour flavors, though? They\u2019re my <em>true<\/em> weakness. When nothing on the shelves is tangy enough, I\u2019ve been known to dunk gummies in a DIY citric acid-sugar mix to get my fix.<\/p>\n<p>I also have a deep love for baking. A few years ago, I embarked on a personal quest to revive Ermine Frosting. While I didn\u2019t quite achieve world domination with it, I whipped up a lot of cupcakes for friends, family, and neighbors and had a lot of fun in the process!<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to food, I have <em>opinions<\/em>\u2014strong ones\u2014and I\u2019m not shy about sharing them. That\u2019s why I\u2019m thrilled to join The Impulsive Buy, a site that\u2019s been my go-to for years when hunting down grocery list must-haves. A few things you should know upfront:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pumpkin Spice is like Duck Sauce of flavors\u2014it belongs on pumpkin, it doesn\u2019t contain pumpkin.<\/li>\n<li>Frosting and cheese are life; there\u2019s no such thing as \u201ctoo much.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Thin crust pizza reigns supreme, but only if it crunches audibly with every bite. <\/li>\n<li>Ice cream in the winter and hot soup in the summer? Yes, please! They\u2019re not just acceptable\u2014they\u2019re genius moves that let the weather work for you. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I hope my rants, raves, and ramblings bring you some joy\u2014and maybe even inspire you to try something new. I\u2019m excited to share my foodie adventures and unfiltered reviews with all of you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, I\u2019m Amber: food nerd, bird nerd, tech nerd\u2014and I wear those badges with pride. As a longtime New Englander, I\u2019ve perfected the art of sporting a Pats T-shirt and sipping iced Dunks while shoveling snow. My home is a delightful chaos shared with my wonderful husband (who cheerfully joins me on Food Adventures across [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","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":[276],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcement"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17116,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2014\/06\/25\/announcement-the-nosh-show-episode-32-thirst-avenger\/","url_meta":{"origin":66261,"position":0},"title":"ANNOUNCEMENT: The Nosh Show Episode #32 Thirst Avenger","author":"Marvo","date":"June 25, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"In this episode, we flap our jaws about Sbarro Frozen Pizzas, our Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Oreo Cookie experiences, new Ben & Jerry's flavors, and we discuss junk food and fast food movie tie-ins with the nerds from the Nerd Lunch Podcast. 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