Foodists

BBQ Pork buns. I grew up with them; my mom was the master of making them from scratch. I always thought hers was the best. That was until I started soliciting ideas of where to go & eat in NYC. Two of my…

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Summer should never go out with a wimper so get yourself down to Langley this Sunday for what is easily the best barbecue competition in the lower mainland. Angie Quaale and her team at Well Seasoned put on this…

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BBQ is a contentious issue amongst purists. A recent documentary gig took me and my GvsG cohort to North Carolina to do some filming. The first thing one should do before embarking on any creative job is to research.…

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Will you be in Vancouver on Sunday, Aug. 30 from 11 am to 5 pm?

Do you like to feast on salmon cooked by world-class chefs and the Canadian Barbecue Champion?

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Night one: I had been marinating my large (2” thick) pork chop in a marinade I had made earlier. The marinade was made from Salsa, ketchup, balsamic vinegar, soy sauce, Chinese 5 spice and the very hot Rick’s Hot…

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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…

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Photo credit: Steve Mynett It was suggested, almost at the beginning of the Foodists BBQ Bootcamp put on by Rockin’ Ronnie Shewchuk, that anyone who didn’t feel like they could mix wines in the same glass…

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There’s something about being able to grill anywhere that’s imminently appealing to me. Add in some sweet design and you may have a winner. To me, portable grills are also more than just about being mobile…

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Anyone who’s in the know about barbecue knows that Rockin’ Ronnie Shewchuk is to Vancouver barbecue as Graham Gilmore is to art. Anyway, if you’ve never met him, want to, need some barbecue and…

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I travel with my stomach. I just love experiencing other cultures through their food. Living in Vancouver I’m pretty lucky to be able to travel around the world without going more than a couple kilometers. Living…

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Our friends Rockin’ Ronnie Shewchuk and Denzel Sandberg of Ronnie & Denzel’s all natural bbq sauces have been making waves with their line of sauces, recently taking a highly coveted first place 2009…

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There’s just something so special about those Monday mornings when your client pops by the office unannounced carrying a cardboard box with two plump, frozen geese he recently shot himself on a hunting trip. He…

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As summer 2008 fades, we’ve not slowed in our pursuit of the perfect BBQ. Of course Ben defends the purists’ approach of dry rub and slow smoking, my friend—and fellow foodie—Janice offered a recipe…

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As many of you know cooking with fire and beer are 2 of my favourite things, especially when they come together.  So I was a little too excited to be asked to judge the Rickard’s Griller of Glory BBQ cook off…

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I’ve mentioned Rockin’ Ronnie Shewchuck here before. He’s one of the original local competitive bbq gurus, and author of two, dare I say, defacto, books on bbq: Barbeque Secrets and Planking Secrets.…

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