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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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I was walking by beautiful bunches of organic young golden beets when a stark realization hit me that I’d never cooked beets. Ashamed of myself, being a foodist and all, I grabbed a bunch and was determined to cook them…
Posted by: Pailin Chongchitnant on Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
Categories: Meditations | Tags: beats, bechamel, parmesan cheese, Risotto, roots, Salad, vitimens | No Comments »
Sometimes you want eggs for brunch and sometimes you want the kind of brunch that goes on for hours and involves special tools, a leg of decadent Jamón ibérico. It’s the kind of brunch that can only happen…
Posted by: Degan Beley on Friday, January 22nd, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: brunch, charcuterie, cheese, jamon, raclette | 1 Comment »
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 »
Tonight I had a wonderful date with a block of Gruyere. It was romantic yet rustic, gourmet yet approachable, subtle yet incredibly sexy. I had forgotten that I purchased a block of this sweet and nutty delight before…
Posted by: Erin Mussolum on Thursday, January 7th, 2010
Categories: Guidance | Tags: cheese, Gruyere, potatoes, yams | 4 Comments »
I recently participated in an email recipe exchange. The idea was to send one person a quick and easy recipe involving ingredients you might have on hand, or that would not be difficult to get. In return…
Posted by: Denise Boyle on Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: cheese, home cooking, meat, pizza, quick, recipe, Vegetarian | 2 Comments »
Recently, a friend invited me to a bacon-themed potluck which he dubbed Baconstraveganza. My contribution was a Stilton & Bacon Cheesecake from a recipe I found on Saveur.com. I garnished it with a Spiced…
Posted by: Alexa Clark on Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: Appetizers, bacon, cheese, recipe, stilton | 4 Comments »
All this food and fun launches fundraising efforts to build a permanent, year-round home for the Farmers Market. It’s at least four plus years away from any kind of reality (though I think the City should…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Monday, October 5th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: animal vegetable miracle, Barbara Kingsolver, kootenay alpine cheese, Mich, omnivore's dilemma, RIPE, Robert Clark, Turning Point Brewing, vancouver cooks, Vancouver Farmers Market | 2 Comments »
1. It’s not just about wine. This year there was a CheeseCamp track too. Yes, real, serious, delicious conversations about cheese. 2. You’d have understood that if you forget your wine country map…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: booze, cheese, CheeseCampVan09, event, pairings, VCCC09, VinoCamp, VinoCampVan09, Wine | No 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 »
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 »
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 | 4 Comments »
As more and more people live in cities, the knowledge gap between where food comes from and how it gets to your table widens. It’s easy enough to live downtown and never go farther than your grocery store for…
Posted by: Degan Beley on Monday, May 4th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: cheese, city break, coffee, day trip, farm, Harrison, hazelnut, herb, nut, orchard, tour, tourism | 1 Comment »
Being laid off has left me with a sense of having lots of time on my hands and even though my natural tendency to cram days full to the gills makes that unlikely, it’s nevertheless unleashed a desire to make things…
Posted by: Degan Beley on Monday, April 13th, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: cheese, dough, italian, Pasta, ragu, ravioli | 2 Comments »
Following my previous article on Terroni and the search for Vancouver restaurants that served bucatini all’amatriciana, my husband decided to make it himself. Joseph found two key ingredients at the Granville Island…
Posted by: Nancy Wu on Sunday, March 22nd, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: Babbo, bacon, Bosa Foods, bucatini, David Rocco, Duso's Pasta & Cheese, fat, flavour, Granville Island Public Market, guanciale, italian, Mario Batali, noodles, olive oil, Oyama Sausage, Pasta, pecorino cheese, pig, recipe, tomato | 11 Comments »
[/caption] Wow, did Anthony just say that in front of 200 marketing professionals? Yup, seems so. This is how the BCAMA wine & cheese event began recently—an evening promising lessons about how great wine makes…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: anthony nicalo, BCAMA, canada, cheese, event, farmstead, marketing, vancouver, Wine | 2 Comments »