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.
Six weeks ago, I stopped eating meat. Well…until today. As you may know, I am a culinary school student, and 6 weeks ago we started a class that teaches the art of vegetarian, vegan and alternative cuisines such as…
Posted by: Pailin Chongchitnant on Friday, November 6th, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: cashews, kids, mac'n'cheese, Pasta, vegan, Vegetarian | 7 Comments »
1 small roasting pumpkin 1 small head of radicchio 1 small pomegranate, seeded Handful of Italian parsley leaves Renato Fenocchio Olive Oil Balsamic Vinegar (real stuff, not caramel colored or hurried, probably costs at…
Posted by: Anthony Nicalo on Friday, November 6th, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: pumpkin, Salad, vegan, Vegetarian | No Comments »
Artisan chocolate. Farmstead wine. Hand-crafted cocktails. Sweet and savoury chocolate canapes. Interested yet? Mark your calendars for Friday, November 20th. We’ll be highlighting the best of Theo Chocolate, the…
Posted by: Eagranie Yuh on Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | | 2 Comments »
Sunday is my “May Wah” day. May Wah is an Asian grocery store I frequent as it has almost everything I need to alleviate my occasional homesickness. A few Sundays ago when I was there shopping for my Green Curry…
Posted by: Pailin Chongchitnant on Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Palm sugar, sweet, thai | 5 Comments »
I’m not going to waste your time talking about the dodgy industrial area that La Charcuterie Delicatessen is situated in (Port Kells), or how the deli doesn’t look like the health inspector knows where it is let alone…
Posted by: Erin Mussolum on Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: deli, meat, sandwiches | 9 Comments »
A warm welcome to our new Guest Contributor, Pailin Chongchitnant! Pailin (pronounced “pie-lin”) is from Thailand, but currently lives in San Francisco and studies at the California Culinary Academy. She’s a…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: contributor, Foodists, Pailin Chongchitnant | No Comments »
The 2nd installment of Interesting Vancouver is taking place on Friday October 23rd at The Vancouver Rowing Club. Those of us who attended last year were treated to one of the most refreshing and inspiring gatherings that…
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: chocolate, events, Interesting Vancouver, Mindful Eating | No Comments »
If you are a farmers market kind of person—you spend all morning examining produce stopping only for a quinoa salad and a soy chai, you get excited over oddly shaped squash, you interview anyone who’s selling…
Posted by: Pailin Chongchitnant on Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: farmers market, Ferry Building, san francisco | 4 Comments »
This past summer, knowing how much I like to know about food happenings around town, a client dropped a copy of Montecristo Magazine off for me. The cover article was about the beginning of Vancouver’s culinary…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Monday, October 12th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: journlism, magazine, print | No Comments »
As the leaves start to fall and there is a chill in the air, my mind turns to warm comfort foods to take me through the winter. I feel a warm hug just thinking about my mom’s adobo chicken. I’ve made it…
Posted by: Andrea Busse on Monday, October 12th, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: adobo, chicken, comfort food, recipe | 2 Comments »
I used to live in Chicago. I also used to cook professionally there and did more than my fair share of eating around town. Once a month someone I know is going to Chicago and asks for suggestions. Here they are, in no…
Posted by: Anthony Nicalo on Friday, October 9th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: Chicago, food, restaurants, tourism | 2 Comments »
Leah’s mother exaggerates most things by a factor of 1000. Filling up her car these days, for example, costs about 100,000 bucks. So, while listening to Dixie as she told a wonderful, romantic story of cooking a…
Posted by: Jay and Leah on Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: beer, clams, fire, roast, roasting, thanksgiving, turkey, video, Wine | 4 Comments »
To be truthful, I’d never really spent much time at farmer’s markets until I moved about five blocks away from the one at Trout Lake. And, until I’d read books like Michael Pollan’s…
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 »
Here’s a real simple recipe to save some of the incredible summer peaches for winter days, twisted with a notch of bourbon to add flavour. This was my first time canning peaches and it was pretty easy to do. So get…
Posted by: James Sherrett on Saturday, October 3rd, 2009
Categories: Guidance | | 7 Comments »
As an amateur chef, I enjoy a good challenge. Over the years, I’ve tackled quite a few of them – a flakey pie crust, an authentic bolognese, a delicate tamago-dofu. All of those adventures, though, now seem…
Posted by: Jer Thorp on Saturday, October 3rd, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: baking, bread, DIY, flour, instruction, organic, sourdough, strathcona | 12 Comments »