Foodists is a collective of like-minded food worshippers. We breathe and sleep in order to eat and drink. Have something to share with us? We'd love to hear from you. If it's something to eat or drink, even better.
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…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: BBQ Sauce, chicken, honey mustard, Napa Valley Mustard Festival's Worldwide Mustard Competition, Ronnie & Denzel, Scovie Award | No Comments »
You already know that Foodists eat and sleep in order to eat and drink. But what about celebrating? We also love to celebrate – and we’re all insanely happy to be wishing Tiny Bites a happy first birthday.…
Posted by: Eagranie Yuh on Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: birthday, Tiny Bites, vancouver | 2 Comments »
Growing up in the UK I ate a lot of meat. In fact each meal is planned around the choice of meat for that meal. Since living in Canada for the last ten years I have become less dependent on needing to have meat with every…
Posted by: Matt SamyciaWood on Monday, March 16th, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: brochuto, rolled vegetables, salsa | 3 Comments »
As a foodie I enjoy trying something new, sometimes veering away from a recipe or sometimes veering away from all reality to try something different and new. This often results in magical oral delights, but sometimes it…
Posted by: Matt SamyciaWood on Monday, March 16th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: bunny dinner, not to plan, pear shaped, prosciutto | 2 Comments »
I decided to make Hot & Sour soup for the first time last night with the aid of my new found friend ‘Asian Home Gourmet‘. I followed the recipe, but added a few different things. Here is the recipe and…
Posted by: Matt SamyciaWood on Monday, March 16th, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: Asain Home Gourmet, Hot and sour, soup | 5 Comments »
Over at The Alibi Room, the big news is in casks – with three beer engines now installed, you can now enjoy a variety of hand-drawn pints. To spread the word, and to break in the beer engines, Nigel is offering $4…
Posted by: Jer Thorp on Sunday, March 15th, 2009
Categories: Worship | | No Comments »
Yesterday, March 13th, the iconic heritage landmark on West Hastings Street served their loyal customers for the last time, leaving the downtown east side without its great retro lunch counter. Owner Al DesLauriers, who…
Posted by: Johnathon Vaughn on Saturday, March 14th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: butcher, vancouver | 4 Comments »
March 14th is Pi Day, a day to celebrate the great and never-ending number. While I know it’s not “officially” a food celebration, I figure my BMath gives me permission share the day with my Foodist…
Posted by: Alexa Clark on Saturday, March 14th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: holiday, pie, roundup | 4 Comments »
Two new companies, Foodzie and Foodoro are waging an Iron Chef-like battle for supremacy in the artisan food market. They both have some great features and artisan products available, but they do not ship to Canada.…
Posted by: Anthony Nicalo on Friday, March 13th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: artisan, foodoro, foodzie, online farmers market | No Comments »
What would you do with a brewery in Bavaria? I suspect if you asked a thousand people this question, 999 of them would answer in the same way: “I’d brew beer!”. Dieter Liepold, though, is not one to run…
Posted by: Jer Thorp on Thursday, March 12th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: beverage, brewed, drink, German, herbal, lemonade, organic | No Comments »
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 farming sexy;…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: anthony nicalo, BCAMA, canada, cheese, event, farmstead, marketing, vancouver, Wine | 2 Comments »
So far, it’s taboo in Vancouver. But, you can do it in Seattle, Portland, and New York. And even in Victoria, Burnaby and New Westminster. Get your minds out of the gutter. I’m talking about raising chickens…
Posted by: Eagranie Yuh on Monday, March 9th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: chicken, farmers, vancouver | 3 Comments »
I can tell you with certainty that one dinner at the Alibi Room in 1998 turned me into a Foodist. What’s your story?
Posted by: Karen Hamilton on Monday, March 9th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: alibi room, Karen Hamilton, Nostalgia, Railtown, Tiny Bites, vancouver | 5 Comments »
A few of us from the collective are getting together to butcher a pig in a couple of weeks. We’ll make sausages, salumi, maybe some pancetta and prosciutto too. The plan is also to have a big supper that evening…
Posted by: Anthony Nicalo on Thursday, March 5th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: butcher, charcuterie, pig, salumi, sloping hill | 6 Comments »
A little while ago my wife and I were at a friend’s house for lunch. One of our discoveries as new parents socializing with other new parents is the dinner-at-lunch. Guess we can call it lunner. For the uninitiated,…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Canadian cheese, cheese, cheese Vancouver, mount pleasant cheese | 3 Comments »