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What is it about guilt that makes it so delicious? Whether it’s sleeping in, watching hours of TV, or listening to Bon Jovi, there’s something indulgent about doing something you’re not supposed to. And…
Posted by: Eagranie Yuh on Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: junk, oreo, pocky, popcorn, sandwich | 14 Comments »
This is my first post on foodists.ca so if you are interested, a little bit about me. I come from farmers. Unknown generations of them. As far back as our genealogy has been compiled, there are farmers and ranchers.…
Posted by: Evan Leeson on Tuesday, May 12th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: family, food, history, local, motivation, organic, provenance, tradition | No Comments »
I was a bit dubious when “Rime”, a Turkish restaurant on Commercial Drive, re-opened as a Japanese joint called, Lime. But it looked intriguing and I love Japanese food, so eventually got to check it out and…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Monday, May 11th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: music, restaurant, review, sashimi, sushi, tapas | 4 Comments »
While you’re off on the Circle Farm Tour of Harrison, all the snacking on locally grown and made products might make you want to tuck into a more substantial meal. It used to be that Harrison was a bit of a culinary…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Sunday, May 10th, 2009
Categories: Worship | | No Comments »
I spent a couple of hours at the bar of the Alibi Room on Thursday, catching up with Nigel and finding out what what’s on tap, and what’s coming up over the next few weeks. Let’s start off with some…
Posted by: Jer Thorp on Saturday, May 9th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: alibiroom, beer, brewing, hops, microbrew, swans | No Comments »
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…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, May 8th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: barbecue, Barbecue Secrets, BBQ, Rockin' Ronnie Shewchuk | No Comments »
A read through the comments on the Foodists post To Review or Not Review will reveal an interesting discourse on the notion that today’s restaurant cannot afford to ignore the online world. What’s said about…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, May 8th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: blogger outreach, r.TL, Regional Tasting Lounge, restaurant, review, Wine | 2 Comments »
A librarian friend of mine turned me on to this book. The alternate title could have easily been Zen And The Art Of Owning A Small Restaurant, for its unconventional culinary philosophy and total lack of ego. Half…
Posted by: Colin Kohler on Thursday, May 7th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: American Food, cookbook, Eat Me, Kenny Shopsin, New York, recipes | 4 Comments »
This is one highly enjoyable read that is informative, fascinating and hunger inducing. Now, it’s also a 2009 James Beard Foundation Book Award winner. (This book was already noted in a previous Foodists article by…
Posted by: Nancy Wu on Wednesday, May 6th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: beef, butter, clarified butter, fat, ghee, James Beard, Jennifer McLagan, lamb, pork, poultry | No 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 Walters on Monday, May 4th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: cheese, city break, coffee, day trip, farm, Harrison, hazelnut, herb, nut, orchard, tour, tourism | 1 Comment »
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 »
I’d be lying if I told you that I liked healthy food as a child; but at the same time, I remember my father forcing himself to eat carrots and broccoli—which he hates—and my mother slipping pureed onions into every…
Posted by: Stephanie Co & Todd Smith on Saturday, May 2nd, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: cookbook, fun, kids | 1 Comment »
Wow. The Discovery Channel uses the slogan ‘The World is Just Awesome’. If I could describe my two dinners in a row recently, I would rework that slogan for Chandi restaurant in Bali. I’ve been fortunate…
Posted by: Doc on Saturday, May 2nd, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: asian, Bali, Chandi, indonesian, New York | 6 Comments »
We arrived right at the opening of Vancouver’s last “Winter” Market of the season. Other than mealy apples, winter was nowhere in sight. Spring greens from pea shoots to tatsoi, strawberry plants, garlic…
Posted by: Anthony Nicalo on Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: asparagus, duck eggs, farmers market | 4 Comments »
Once, when I first moved back to Vancouver, I went on a date to the Sugar Refinery. A boy and I sat on a purple couch and talked about rap music while hipsters posed around us. Both the boy and the venue were unmemorable,…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Sunday, April 26th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: charcuterie, restaurant, review, tapas, tasting menu, wine bar | No Comments »