Foodists is a collective of like-minded food worshippers. We breathe and sleep in order to eat and drink. Have something to share with us? We'd love to hear from you. If it's something to eat or drink, even better.
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 adventures…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, July 27th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: authors, contributors, Michael Surtees, Michael Tippet | 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 fell…
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 | 12 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 | 1 Comment »
I recently spent four long days in Winnipeg—winner of the Most Beige City in Canada Award—attending a series of meetings at The Fort Garry Hotel by day, exploring the city by night. Having spent time in The ‘Peg…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, July 16th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: french, local, mirlycourtois, restaurant, review, tallest poppy, winnipeg | 2 Comments »
What goes better with good wine than a fine cheese? That’s right—nothing! Which is why the organizers of the second annual VinoCamp Vancouver 09 have added CheeseCamp to their educational sessions and tasting…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: cheese, CheeseCamp, event, UBC, vancouver, VinoCamp, Wine | 5 Comments »
Our friend Natalie MacLean—a dedicated “Foodist”, wine expert, and author of the wildly popular Nat Decants website www.nataliemaclean.com—has just released Canada’s first wine & food mobile…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, June 19th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: app, BlackBerry, food pairing, iPhone, mobile, Nat Decants, Natalie MacLean | No Comments »
I like watermelon. No two ways about it. And when the warm weather arrives and summer is around the corner, I find myself drawn to the cool, juicy, sweet fruit and start experimenting with ways to serve it. Last year I…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, June 12th, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: feta, herb, recipe, Salad, summer, watermelon | 3 Comments »
As a cook I love the green that makes its way back onto my plate with the arrival of spring. But aside from expected seasonal fare like asparagus and spinach, I like to use some more unusual ingredients like stinging…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, May 23rd, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: fiddleheads, ostrich fern, seasonal ingredients, spring, stinging nettles | 2 Comments »
Recently a thoughtful friend baked me a savory treat as a thank you gift—something I’d never heard of or tried before. Called Banica (pronounced Ba*ni*tsa), it is a traditional urban pastry in Bulgaria and the…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, May 22nd, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: Banica, Banitsa, Bulga, pastry, recipe | 10 Comments »
Ben and I were recently invited to join a few other food bloggers at a media tasting lunch at Irashai Grill on West Pender. But wait a second I thought, there’s an Irashai downtown Vancouver? Since when? Well…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, May 21st, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: french, fusion, Irashai Grill, Japanese, restaurant, review, Sauces, sushi, vancouver, West Pender | 5 Comments »
Recently Jer shared a terrific post about making home made stock. I’m a big fan of making stock and have even taken a few turns at making rich meat stocks and even patiently reducing them to a demi-glace, (which I…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, May 21st, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: broth, stock | 4 Comments »
Vancouver’s Chefs Table Society, to which a number of the Foodists belong, announced their new online platform today with this press release: Hi CTS members, The Chefs Table Society went Web 2.0 this morning with…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, May 4th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Chefs Table Society, forum, vancouver, website | No Comments »
Bathrooms matter. Well for me anyway. Whenever I’m in a restaurant for the first time I make a trip to the bathroom to check it out. And as a mild germaphobe, I’m generally loathe to do much…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: bathroom, restaurant, washroom | 11 Comments »