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Wahlburgers Review / What I Ate at Camden Comic Con

Our Burger, Wahlburgers Food Truck - $11

I've missed you guys! 

I sincerely apologize for being MIA the last few weeks, but homeownership is really kicking my butt. I've been posting some home-related progress on my Sometimes Foodie Instagram account (check my stories) so you guys can see how much work this has all been. Even with all the help I've been getting from my amazing family and friends, I just haven't had the energy (or time, or funds...) to keep up with all the latest food trends and blogging. I'm sure I must have missed at least three Oreos by now, but I'm back today with a quick review of Wahlburgers! 

A pop culture and food-junkie's dream. 

Earlier this month I sold at Camden Comic Con, which is an awesome free event I've participated in several times, but this year was special. The convention hosted some really awesome food trucks, and since I have no life and have no hopes of going into the city to get some blog-worthy grub, I seized this opportunity! I went outside and immediately spotted a food truck plastered with Mark Wahlberg's face! His brothers were on there too...but come on guys, it's Marky Mark! Don't worry, it wasn't a sleep-deprived paint-fume-fueled hallucination on my part, Mark Wahlberg actually has his own burger joint in Philadelphia, Wahlburgers! Being the huge pop culture junkie I am, I had to have it. Sorry other food trucks, but I gotta "Feel it, feel it!"

Are you guys ready to drown in Marky Mark YouTube links? Because there's gonna be a LOT of them.

Happy Thanksgiving: Here's What I Ate

What I Ate for Thanksgiving

I'm a little late, but HAPPY THANKSGIVING! (To those of you who celebrate.) I hope you were all able to fill your stomachs with delicious food.

My Thanksgiving was spent with my family over in PA. I come from a pretty small family, so there aren't many of us, but we're all very close, and I love our laid-back holiday routine. We arrive early, eat round 1 of food and appetizers (usually a layered taco dip), take a break, talk for a while, then round 2 of more food, followed by dessert.

Halloween Kisses - Target

Halloween Kisses - Target $3.59 (original)

Another semi-pointless seasonal post. These are normal milk chocolate Hershey's Kisses in fancy Halloween themed foils, so they don't taste any different than their all-year-round offerings...but these FOILS THO'!

I just couldn't resist them, they're shiny, they've got Halloween Patterns all over them, and the colors look absolutely GORGEOUS in my candy dish. I just couldn't let these ghastly-ghoulish wrappers slip through my foodie fingertips. They NEEDED to be photographed, even if the contents aren't all that special. 

After consuming their chocolate-y insides, I find myself smoothing out each foil perfectly flat with a bone folder (sounds spooky, but it's just a smooth plastic tool that helps with folding paper) and I plan on turning a few of these into some fun up-cycled pinback buttons for my Etsy shop and Halloween giveaway!  

Tonight, on my way home from work, I'll be stopping at Target to pick up another bag (hopefully on clearance), so if you're like me and you love bargain shopping and spooky sweets, I recommend grabbing a bag or two for yourself! (Christmas is going to have to pry Halloween out of my sticky candy-coated-hands!) 

© Maria Smith http://poison-and-antidote.net 

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My PC is back from the dead!

Welp, my PC died Thursday night, and it took me (and my amazing friend Anthony who is a technological angel) all weekend to get it back up and running. It started with my CPU fan dying and turned into a whole mess of problems. Fun times. 

Now that my PC (I named her Synergy, get the reference?) is back from the dead I'm writing up reviews to get things back on track, but in the meantime, you can see what I ate this weekend by visiting my Instagram page, @SometimesFoodie. 

 © Maria Smith http://poison-and-antidote.net

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National Junkfood Day - Haul Photo

Here's SOME of my hoard to celebrate #nationaljunkfoodday 💖😊🍭🍬👍💖 I have so many reviews to write... #sometimesfoodie #junkfood #food #foodporn #foodreview #haul #japanese #oreo #kitkat #twinkies #chips #ghostbusters #hellokitty

A photo posted by Sometimes Foodie (@sometimesfoodie) on Jul 21, 2016 at 4:55pm PDT

Last Thursday was National Junk Food Day! How awesome is that? 

I didn't get to celebrate properly here on the blog, but over on my Instagram account I posted 2 massive food haul photos! Check out a chunk of my ever-growing food hoard! (Be sure to visit my account to see the second, equally as hoard-y, photo!) 

Summer Fancy Food Show Day 3! (Eat Hard: With a Vengeance Part 1)

Enter the delicious and aromatic laboratory of Alice & The Magician!

Since I had to ride the train(s) back to Jersey after the show, and go back to work the very next day, I made sure that day three was my shortest and easiest day with the least amount of showroom to cover. This way I'd be less zombie-like towards the end. For my last day in NY I went through the North Hall area of the show where some very interesting new products were hiding.

Summer Fancy Food Show Day 2! (Electric Boogaloo!) 40+ photos!

People rushing around near the entrance by the North Hall. Some super-human-women wore heels the entire convention!

I'm safe and sound back in Jersey. Now that I'm back at my PC I can't will myself to release the rest of my day one photos without some photo retouching. I got too snap-happy with my camera and never changed the settings. They were still set on my custom white balance from my photo-set up here at home, so while I get those ready, I'm skipping ahead to day 2 which had MUCH better lighting! 

Day 2 is my BIGGEST day with the most ground to cover. Day 1 I covered every aisle of level 1, and on day 2 I had to cover all of level 3. Just to give you an idea of how big the 3rd level main-room is, here is the map.

Japanese Strawberry Oreo Bars - YouTube Video Review

Making these videos has really helped me put a dent in my food stash! This is awesome!

Since all the American Limited Edition Oreo hype is dying down, I thought I'd take a moment to see what Japan has going on.

I'm keeping the momentum going and so far it looks like I have 2 videos lined up every week this month AND Next month. (Although they're not ALL food related. I've got a few artsy ones mixed in there.)

This video went up on Youtube a few days ago, but I only got around to posting it on the blog just now. If you want to see my videos as soon as they're up, be sure to head on over to my YouTube Channel.

Honey Cheese Cheetos - H-Mart

Honey Cheese Cheetos - H-Mart

I hosted my first ever tasting party last night! Which is a lot less fancy than it sounds. Basically I just invited a bunch of my friends over so they could eat excess snacks and sweets I'm reviewing to help with my food hoarding situation. We snacked on junk food, played Wii U games and watched bad horror movies. (Last night's selection was the awesomely bad Zoombies. It featured amazingly bad CG and an epicly dressed character I dubbed "Mr. No-Sleeves." Not the best of bad horror, but it made for a fun evening.)

These Cheetos were one of the many items on last night's menu, so were they a hit, or a miss? Time to find out!

Candyology 101 Episode 33: Snickers vs. Milky Way, who's the better bar?

Which is your favorite?

On today's episode of Candyology 101 we decided to have a little debate, inspired by the upcoming election here in America.

I am a Milky Way fanatic. It's my favorite American candy bar and I love it to pieces. (Especially when it's frozen.) Cybele prefers Snickers, which is pretty much a Milky Way with peanuts tossed into the mix, and thinks they are the superior candy bar. I disagree. Peanuts ruin it! Which candy bar will come out on top? Will I win Cybele over to the peanut-free side? Tune in to find out, and be sure to share your preferred candy bar below!

Have you been liking Candyology101 so far? 

Please head on over to itunes and give us a little review to let us know how we're doing.

Meet the cast:

Cybele from Candy Blog

Maria (Me) from Sometimes Foodie

Listen to the player above, check us out on Stitcher, or you can download the MP3 file. If you want to subscribe to the show, it’s available on iTunes and via RSS.

© Maria Smith http://poison-and-antidote.net

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Apple Cinnamon Harvest Cookies - Aldi

Apple Cinnamon Harvest Cookies - Aldi

My not-so-secret love affair with Aldi continues! This product pulled me in with it's gorgeous packaging, but to be honest, I'm not too sure I really want a cinnamon apple flavored cookie. I like apple pie, apple oatmeal, and apple cobbler, but I haven't found an apple cookie that I've liked yet. Something about that apple flavoring being in something purely crunchy and without little chunks of real apple seems unnatural to me. Maybe this will be the one to win me over?

Insta-Foodie: What I ate on Sunday

If you're not following me on Instagram, you're missing out on all the stuff I've been munching on behind the scenes.

Along with massive amounts of junk food I share on the blog, I also like to cook and bake, so here's what I made on Sunday for my boyfriend and I. (He's vegetarian, so a lot of the food I've been eating/cooking lately is meatless, since I personally feel uncomfortable eating meat when we're together, but rest assured, I still love bacon and buffalo wings. I'm an omnivore with strong lean to the veggie side.) 

Homemade #blueberry waffles for #breakfast. I'm getting back into cooking. I really missed it. #Sometimesfoodie

A photo posted by M. Smith (@poison_and_antidote) on Feb 21, 2016 at 7:15am PST

Some #whitepizza for lunch/dinner. The crust was store bought, because I was being lazy, but I made the cheese sauce from scratch and added some spinach and thinly sliced tomatoes. Not too shabby! #Sometimesfoodie #pizza #dinner

A photo posted by M. Smith (@poison_and_antidote) on Feb 21, 2016 at 5:53pm PST

Cinnamon Bun Oreos - Walmart

Cinnamon Bun Oreos - Walmart

This food blogger don't want none unless it's got buns, 'hun! (How many other food bloggers went for the joke? I'm guessing a lot.) This was the Oreo flavor I was most excited about. You can keep that re-released Red Velvet Cake, the Peppermint, and the over-hyped Creme Filled Cupcake. I am all about the cinnamon bun!

7 Last Minute (non-edible) Food Related Gift Ideas

7 Last Minute (non-edible) Food Related Gift Ideas

Not only am I obsessed with actual, edible, food, but I love foodie novelty products and related things. Since it's the holiday season and all, I thought I would share some fun (last minute) food-related products that I personally own and would recommend as holiday gifts for the foodies in your family. (Or yourself. TREAT YO SELF!) 

Being a Food Blogger Made Me Bananas about Bananas!

I started ranting about this in one of my reviews and it got out of hand, so I made it into it's own post. It's a food post about writing food posts and running a food related blog, but I think it's fun and interesting, plus you get to see a few photos of product reviews to come!

I've always liked bananas and banana flavored sweets, but over the last four years it's morphed into a near-obsession. I mean, I just paid an embarrassingly high amount of money for a packet of Australian banana flavored m&m's on eBay last month! That's something I never would have done when I started the blog, but it's what being a food blogger does to you.

Teaser Photos

Sorry I didn't post yesterday, I had an early labor day BBQ at my place and I spent the whole day preparing for it. I took a few photos of some fancy condiments we used, and some fancy Aldi pickles, but I'll have to type up those reviews tomorrow.

I'm going to my grandfather's house to paint a room for him today, so I won't be able to type up any more reviews until as bit later. (FYI: I used to be a painter for my stepdad's construction company, so I'm awesome at it.)
In the meantime, here are some photos I took for the Candyology 101 podcast header, and some teaser photos of things to come!

What is Aldi & My 5 Favorite Aldi Products

I want those chips and the vindaloo kit!!!

Welp, my sleeping habits are getting even worse. I went to work, made dinner, walked my dog, did my workout, and then promptly fell asleep from 12AM until 5AM. So I never finished last night's review. (Which will be posted when I get home from work today.) 

Since I talk about it all the time, I thought I'd give a (really short) explanation as to what Aldi is, because I don't think I've ever really addressed it before and share a few of my grocery staple products that are kind of "boring", so they won't ever be fully reviewed.

Fusia Frozen California Rolls - Aldi

Fusia Frozen California Rolls - Aldi

I was both intrigued and slightly horrified by this product when I saw it in Aldi's circular last week. A few people tried to talk me out of it after I posted it on Instagram, but I decided to go ahead and do it anyway. ('Cause I'm such a rebel.) That's right, I'm about to review frozen sushi from a low-budget grocery store. Fingers crossed that this goes well and I don't get food poisoning!

The Nosh Show - Episode 59: It’s Like Costco, But Better

This week’s episode of The Nosh Show was going to focus on the Summer Fancy Food Show, and they asked me to be a guest! (Since this was my first time going.)


Tune in as I hang out with awesome food bloggers (Marvo from The Impulsive Buy and Ryan from Grub Grade) and we discuss two new Oreo varieties and a KFC pizza chicken.

Plus, Eric of Junk Food Guy, Nick from On Second Scoop, and I talk about our experiences at the 2015 Summer Fancy Food Show in New York.