{"id":19549,"date":"2023-08-31T07:37:10","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T11:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=19549"},"modified":"2023-08-31T09:26:17","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T13:26:17","slug":"flavor-du-jour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=19549","title":{"rendered":"Flavor du Jour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>(Click on any image to view it in high resolution.)<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_4160-use-edited-1440.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_4160-use-edited-1440.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1152\" height=\"1440\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_4160-use-edited-1440.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_4160-use-edited-1440-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_4160-use-edited-1440-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_4160-use-edited-1440-768x960.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1152px) 100vw, 1152px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s your favorite flavor? My favorite flavor varies radically from day to day. That particular day was a sweltering New York City scorcher that reminded me of childhood trips to the boardwalk on Coney Island \u2013 ocean breezes, blue water beneath bluer skies, cumulus clouds poised to be redefined, the blare of AM transistor radios blasting Top 40 hits competing with a Yankees game, the screech of seagulls in a feeding frenzy fighting over a fried clam \u2013 and a mandatory visit to Williams Candy Shop on Surf Avenue for a cup of pistachio\/banana twist soft serve.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPistachio and banana?\u201d I hear you cry. \u201cIs that a good combination?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course not.<\/p>\n<p>But this is <em>artificial<\/em> pistachio paired with <em>artificial<\/em> banana. A perfect match made in food laboratory heaven; the two share a strong chemical family resemblance and thus are highly compatible.<\/p>\n<p>So on that particular day, this was my favorite flavor: The Flavor of Nostalgia.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What\u2019s your favorite flavor? Read on&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=19549\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3336,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[121],"class_list":["post-19549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sweets","tag-american"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3336"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19549"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19559,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19549\/revisions\/19559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}