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@goodlifevan i live a block away. Pricey but i like the quality of the produce. Have yet to try the meat or fish. Try it! /sm
Just found some smoked mozza at The new Greens on broadway. Gotta find crackers now... /sm (Link)
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Travel is often defined by memories of food. Perhaps it’s the multi-sensory aspect of the experience, but it’s often the meals and snacks we try when on an adventure to some far away place that stick with us…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Sunday, February 7th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: 2010, Design Week, desingers, eating, food, Icograda, Olympics, restaurants, Travel, vancouver, winter | 1 Comment »
Last week was filled with food experiences for me. Some good, some rather horrible. I will briefly describe two for you.
Discovery
A few weeks ago, food writer Alexandra Gill wrote in a Globe And Mail article…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, January 25th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: accident, Divino, East Van, South China Seas, Victoria Drive | 3 Comments »
The entrance to the cellar at Salt Tasting Room in Vancouver.
Last night I was pleased to attend the first Salt Cellar Tasting Series of 2010, featuring Oyama Sausage Company and Vista D’Oro Farms &…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: charcuterie, cheese, Oyama, salt, sausage, Vista D'Oro, Wine | 1 Comment »
This post was supposed to be a review of the recent Night With Theo Chocolate event at The Refinery in Vancouver, but the event’s organizer and host Eagranie—a fellow Foodist—beat me to it, posting a terrific…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Sunday, December 6th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: chocolate, Eagranie Yuh, Foodists, inspiration, Theo Chocolate, Wine | 7 Comments »
A warm welcome to our new Guest Contributor, Pailin Chongchitnant! Pailin (pronounced “pie-lin”) is from Thailand, but currently lives in San Francisco and studies at the California Culinary Academy. She’s a…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: contributor, Foodists, Pailin Chongchitnant | No Comments »
Everybody and their uncle has their special chili recipe, and they all swear theirs is the best. They all claim to have a secret, be it an unexpected ingredient or some special cooking technique.
Well, to that I say…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, September 25th, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: bullshit, chili, mark busse, moose, recipe | 6 Comments »
This month’s contest prize is a copy of author, farmer, and slow food activist David Mas Masumoto’s latest book Wisdom of the Last Farmer: Harvesting Legacies from the Land. (Free Press/Simon and Schuster, 288…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, September 19th, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: book, contest, David Mas Masumoto, farming, memories, Wisdom of the last Farmer | 4 Comments »
On our recent drive up to Clinton, BC to visit our lambs at Cutter Ranch we stopped at a roadside store to buy some local produce, dairy, and meat for the weekend. While browsing the shelves, something called birch syrup…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, August 10th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: bc, birch syrup, maple syrup, mark busse, Quesnel, Sweet Tree Ventures | 8 Comments »
Don’t forget that tomorrow, August 8th, is VinoCamp Vancouver 2009, with the first annual CheeseCamp! Various Foodists will be in the crowd at UBC’s Grad Student Centre, likely half-cut on wines from Mark…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, August 7th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: cheese, CheeseCamp, event, UBC, vancouver, VinoCamp, Wine | No Comments »
A few hungry Foodists were recently invited to check out a new tapas-style restaurant opening on Davie called Mis Trucos. As this was a preview event, we got to sample some of Chef Kris Barnholden’s fare before the…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: Davie, Kris Barnholden, mediterranean, Mis Trucos, restaurant, tapas, vancouver | No Comments »
I find Kate Zimmerman’s dismissal of food bloggers and social media not only distasteful, but confusing. What is she on about exactly? Food bloggers? Smart mobile devices? Rude people? BBQ? The stupidity of Twitter…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: BBQ, bloggers, Coast Restaurant, food, Kate Zimmerman, Twitter | 8 Comments »
Three new serious foodies with a penchant for ranting about culinary discoveries have joined the Foodists Collective.
Michael Surtees is a New York-based graphic designer who promises to share stories about his…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, July 27th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: authors, contributors, Michael Surtees, Michael Tippet, Sharlene Sobrepena | 4 Comments »
I may never eat at Japa Dog again. I can again eat Japa Dog—see UPDATE below.
Those who know me, realize the absurdity of that statement. I love Japa Dog. I first discovered Japadog in summer 2005 and immediately…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, July 27th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: hot dogs, Japa Dog, Noriki Tamura, recycling, Twitter, vancouver | 14 Comments »
With apologies to all those who worship at the throne of Tim Hortons, I’ve never really understood the appeal…EXCEPT for Timbits. You can fit quite a variety of flavours into a box, and somehow eating these…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: Bagel O's, bagels, Breakfast, cream cheese, fast food, Tim Hortons | 4 Comments »
If you’re reading this, it’s very likely that you enjoy good coffee and appreciate conversation with interesting people. Then we’re like-minded. Join Foodists at Likemind Vancouver, a social movement…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, July 16th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: coffee, Elysian, event, Likemind, vancouver | No Comments »