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Experience The Summer Night Market with Foodists Ben & Mark from The Foodists on Vimeo. Ben and I had some fun exploring the Summer Night Market in Richmond recently, with videographers Nathan and Ryan capturing our…

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At my local grocery store in Harlem, I get a great deal on arugula – $5 for a plastic salad box literally stuffed full of spicy little leaves. Arugula goes into salads, and sandwiches, but no matter how fast I seem…

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Foodists.ca is extremely excited to present our second annual Barbecue Bootcamp featuring BBQ Champ and author, Rockin’ Ronnie Shewchuk. Modelled after last summer’s smash hit Foodists.ca event, we guarantee you will…

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Congratulations to our friend Rockin’ Ronnie Shewchuk for his success with the weekly BBQ at Fairmont Pacific Rim‘s  Lobby Lounge Patio. I got to taste samples of the all-you-can-eat buffet they are featuring…

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Unless you are regularly firing up your own smoker to spend a day or more making brisket, pulled pork, ribs and other delectable slow ‘n low meaty treats, you’d best source out the local competitions. As…

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Over the years I’ve been getting more and more into traditional low and slow barbecue. For the uninitiated, that’s good ol’ Southern style barbecue, not grilling. Ribs cooked for six hours at 250°F, 15…

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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. This…

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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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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 was…

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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 and…

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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 grilling…

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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 just…

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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 with a…

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