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The vegetarian Punjabi dish chole bhature—curried chickpeas with fried bread—is one of the most popular breakfasts in North India. It’s not tough to understand why: It’s a spicy plate of legumes paired with puffy,…
Posted by: Laura Siciliano-Rosen on Sunday, January 8th, 2012
Categories: Guidance | Tags: Breakfast, chickpeas, chole bhature, curry, Delhi, dinner party, Indian food, recipe, Vegetarian | No Comments »
Today’s guest post is courtesy of Ana Simeon, who works as a communications coordinator for SeaChoice, Canada’s most comprehensive sustainable seafood program. Working in collaboration with the Monterey Bay…
Posted by: admin on Friday, August 12th, 2011
Categories: Guidance | Tags: Ana Simeon, recipe, sardines, seachoice, Seafood Watch | 2 Comments »
Artichokes: the ubiquitous filler that’s served in spinach dips throughout sports bars and portion-cup restaurants everywhere; those cretaceous-looking flowers that could be Audrey’s evil offspring in the Little Shop…
Posted by: Gen Handley on Thursday, July 14th, 2011
Categories: Guidance | Tags: artichoke heart, artichokes, Gen Handley, Glen Valley Farms, interview, langley, recipe | 1 Comment »
Midsommar is one of the most important holidays in Sweden, second only to Christmas. Unlike the 2pm sunsets and sub zero temperatures in December, however, the Midsommar celebration is met with warm weather, lush…
Posted by: Katie Trant on Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
Categories: Meditations | Tags: cooking, grill, midsommar, polenta, recipe, Stockholm | 4 Comments »
Whether you’re celebrating Canada Day or the 4th of July, there’s something about this weekend that inspires people to gather together and celebrate over food (and fireworks). Pretty great holiday, right? So…
Posted by: Katie D'Amato on Monday, July 4th, 2011
Categories: Guidance | Tags: baking, cake, chocolate, Coca-Cola, recipe, Summer BBQ, Summer Picnic | No Comments »
Today, I’m feeling very official. It’s officially my first post as a Foodist contributor, it’s officially summer, and I’ve officially declared the Moscow Mule my new drink of choice! While it’s flavors…
Posted by: Katie D'Amato on Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
Categories: Guidance | Tags: cocktail, Ginger Beer, recipe, Seattle, vodka | 7 Comments »
Mark Busse told me on our first meeting that through a chain of events, he ended up with a whole bunch of original recipes directly given to him by Hervé This, the grandfather of molecular gastronomy. I was sufficiently…
Posted by: Pailin Chongchitnant on Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Crème Anglaise, Hervé This, molecular-gastronomy, poached pear, recipe | 2 Comments »
I hate feeling obligated or manipulated. Who doesn’t? And I refuse to write about anything on Foodists unless I genuinely enjoyed it or found it to be an interesting story or experience. Period. So when a packaged…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, June 13th, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: Chex, gluten, Muddy Buddies, recipe, snacks | 2 Comments »
Confession time: I dream about Grant Macdonald, Chef at Yew Restaurant at Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver. OK, I don’t actually dream about Grant specifically—though he is a really charming guy—but rather his…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
Categories: Guidance | Tags: Four Season Hotel, Grant Macdonald, mashed, potatoes, recipe, smoked, vancouver, Yew Restaurant | 2 Comments »
Hot on the heels of Burgundy Appreciation Night, some fellow Foodist friends planned a night of Alsatian food and wine tasting. I am cramming for France! So any excuse to get in some more wine region studying, plus some…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Thursday, April 14th, 2011
Categories: Guidance | Tags: alsace, coq, dinner, France, french, recipe, tasting, Wine | No Comments »
Our newest guest contributor is Chad Brealey – outdoorsman, conservationist, food lover, writer and actor. Chad has recently created Salt, Fresh & Field – a broadcast television and online program borne from…
Posted by: Chad Brealey on Sunday, April 10th, 2011
Categories: Guidance | Tags: chinook, fish, haida gwaii, recipe, salmon | 2 Comments »
Some people will be disgusted with this pizza but I’m ok with that. For me cooking is about experimenting and this pizza certainly combines many different types of foods; in fact if Frankenstein ever gave birth to a…
Posted by: Matt SamyciaWood on Wednesday, April 6th, 2011
Categories: Meditations | Tags: pizza, recipe | 4 Comments »
From crispy snack to quick curry accompaniment, beaten rice (poha) is a fast and easy staple.
Posted by: Alisa Gordaneer on Monday, March 28th, 2011
Categories: Guidance | Tags: Bangladeshi, beaten rice, carrots, crispy rice, curry, fast comfort, indian, Nepalese, poha, recipe | 3 Comments »
The last of our unique Chinese New Year recipes created by Vancouver’s Chinese food guru Nathan Fong is a dessert of Asian winter pear poached in lychee ginger white tea and served with a delicious chocolate spice…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
Categories: Guidance | Tags: chinese, dessert, Nathan Fong, new year, Pear, recipe, tea | No Comments »
Today’s Chinese New Year recipe by local Chinese food guru Nathan Fong is green tea spice rubbed salmon. Barbecue rubs have always been popular in the South. Here, I’ve used aromatic green tea, high in…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
Categories: Guidance | Tags: chinese, Nathan Fong, new year, recipe, salmon, spice, tea | No Comments »