Beer That Tastes Good?

As a University of Maryland Undergraduate, I had attended my share of wild “keggers” and crazy dorm parties. Those late night beer-fests and jungle juice jams are what exposed me to the wonderful world of alcohol. While I do not advocate underage drinking, as a realist I know that it does occur and will continue [...]

Thee Lava Sauce

To add an extra level of heat to your meal try your meal with this spicy sauce I created. Ingredients Ranch Dressing Cayenne Pepper Black Pepper Hot Sauce (Preferably Louisiana Style Crystal Hot Sauce) Garlic Powder Onion Powder Salsa (Diced Green Peppers, Diced White onions, tomato sauce or paste) To increase or decrease the heat [...]

8 Reasons McDonald’s Isn’t The Greatest

Recently, after enjoying the greatness that is Burger King I started to think about some reasons why BK is better than the golden arches. Now that list of reasons can be read and viewed by all. These are the eight reasons, in no particular order of importance as to why McDonald’s is not the greatest [...]

My NYC Spring Break Part 2.3: The Insomnia Cookie Experience

Snack – Insomnia Cookies Before my fiance and I embarked on our New York City Spring Break, I took the liberty of checking out the surrounding businesses of the Park79 Hotel and discovered that there was a cookie place right around the corner from there. After reading a lot of positive reviews, I knew we [...]

My NYC Spring Break Part 2.2: The Manhattan Diner Experience

Breakfast – Manhattan Diner The next morning we were on another mission to find somewhere to eat. As we walked around NYC we stumbled upon this place called Manhattan Diner. Initially I was a little apprehensive about eating there. Up to that point my experiences with diners hadn’t been a good one and I wasn’t [...]

My NYC Spring Break Part 2.1: Enter NYC/The Bettola Experience

So there we were. After a four hour ride from D.C., we had finally arrived in Manhattan. The excitement filled the air as we off loaded our stuff from the MegaBus and began to take a bite of the Big Apple. And I use the term “bite” figuratively and literally. As I am sure many [...]

“I found the weirdest thing in my WholeFoods…Bolthouse Farms”

I’ve been shopping at WholeFoods for about a year now. My girlfriend put me on to buying stuff from there. About a year ago I discovered they have some great organic lotions and soaps there. I really like their Fair Trade and non-GMO products and the atmosphere there is really earthy. Yeah, I’m somewhat of a [...]

The Energy Drink Challenge

The Challenge/Experiment I recently underwent a super busy week. School, social life, event promoting, event planning, and a host of other time consuming activities left me feeling weak and in need of an energy boost. I decided to go to the store and purchase an energy drink. Little did I know, this menial trip would [...]

Thee Raspberry Cheesecake…Cookie?

So I know I may be chiming in on this conversation a little late. But hey, as they always say, “better late than never,” right? Many of you may or may not know that Subway the food franchise had a limited time special raspberry cheesecake promotional cookie for Valentine’s Day. I was fortunate enough to [...]

The New Beginning!

Hello there! How are you? Good I hope. Pardon my interruption, but allow the foody in me to veer off the pre-paved path of this blog for a bit and discuss something we are all so in love with, good food! But not just good food, exotic, weird, fancy, tongue tingling, mouth-watering, brow raising food. [...]