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.
Two Foodists flying to a new city ready to eat is a little like dangling a raw side of beef in front of a hungry tiger… Last week fellow Foodist founder Mark Busse and I headed to a conference in San Francisco. A…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, May 18th, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: bottarga, bourbon and branch, cask, four barrel coffee, la ciccia, san francisco, spaghetti bottarga, Tartine | 8 Comments »
The other night I was at Barbara Jo’s Books for Cooks at an event (my own wife’s book launch event actually) and a friend was looking for a couple books to buy. My recommendation: Blood, Bones and Butter: The…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Monday, April 25th, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: batali, Blood, Bones, bourdain, bulford, butter, Gabrielle Hamilton, Reluctant Chef, wizenberg | 2 Comments »
When Tourism Richmond sent out their invitation to join them to uncover some of their “Hidden Gems” they were keeping them a secret, and invited guests guessing. Kind of fun I suppose. Made me think back to my…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, April 1st, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: barbecue, BBQ, Bell's Bake Shop, burnt ends, Canada Line, Delicious Cuisine, Delizia Fusion Cuisine, Hog Shack Cookhouse, RichmondEats, Steveston, Tourism Richmond, Tri-Pot | 1 Comment »
Recently Mark and I had the privilege of getting a first-hand sneak peak of the new Hapa Umi just before they opened. Hapa Umi is latest offering from this city’s preeminent izakaya empire Hapa Izakaya. Make no…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, March 24th, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: fine dining, Hapa Izakaya, hapa umi, izakaya, ocean wise, restaurant, sake, Seafood, sushi, vancouver, video | 3 Comments »
We recently received a copy of Bob Blumer’s latest book, Glutton for Pleasure to check out. I thumbed through it and it’s filled with great tips such as Kitchen Feng Shiu, vibrant photography and looks like a…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Bob Blumer, cookbook, Glutton for Pleasure, kitchen etiquette, monty python, mr. creosote, surreal cook | 9 Comments »
Not too long ago, like just around canning season, we received a book called Put ’em Up! by Sherri Brooks Vinton. Canning seems to have come into vogue again. This is a good thing. The other cool trend is that as…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: andrea bellamy, book review, canning, edible gardening, food preserves, gardening, heavy-petal, local, put em up, sugar snaps and strawberries, sustainable | No Comments »
Okay, so you didn’t get everything you wanted, got some cash and haven’t totally overdone it on baked goods. What to do? How about a copy of Bon Appetit’s latest tome, Desserts? Even if you don’t…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, December 28th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: Bon Appetit Desserts, chocolate, cookbook, dessert, speculaas, sweet tooth | 1 Comment »
As Foodists we rarely need an actual excuse to create a terrific meal. Almost any occasion will do: long week, extra lobe of fois gras, great in-season Farmer’s Market find, friends in town, clean dishes, etc……
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, October 20th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: Barbara-jo McIntosh, Bistro Pastis, Books To Cooks, Giffard | No Comments »
Unless you are regularly firing up your own smoker to spend a day or more making brisket, pulled pork, ribs and other delectable slow ‘n low meaty treats, you’d best source out the local competitions. As…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Categories: Meditations | Tags: barbecue, BBQ, brisket, chili, competition barbecue, pulled pork, ribs | 2 Comments »
Not that I have a whole lot of time for reading these days, when I do, I’ll often grab something food related. So last night I cracked the cover on acclaimed blogger Molly Wizenberg’s book, A Homemade Life. So…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
Categories: Meditations | Tags: barbara jo's cooks to book, contest, homemade life, Julia Child, julie & julia, julie powell, molly wizenberg | 10 Comments »
This photos is courtesy of Ted Reader. He didn’t take it, I did. It’s the perfectly anal stack of burgers I formed after being inspired by my recent conversation with Ted, and following a read of his book,…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
Categories: Meditations | Tags: burgers, contest, gourmet burgers, napoleon grills, Ted Reader | 3 Comments »
Evan got the shanks, but we all left the Butchers of Gastown 2 with a little bit of lamb to cook up for ourselves. It actually only took me two days to recover from the lamb overdose that was our day of cutting and…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Monday, May 31st, 2010
Categories: Guidance | Tags: 100 mile diet, angus, arugula, butchers of gastown, lamb | 1 Comment »
It’s easily arguable that Foodists is the antithesis of quantity over quality. I don’t think any one of us would give up a brilliant food experience for sheer volume, but my recent phone conversation with BBQ…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, May 14th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: barbecue, burger world record, burgers, fois gras and pulled pork burger, grilling, napoleon gourmet grills, Ted Reader | 3 Comments »
Over the years I’ve been getting more and more into traditional low and slow barbecue. For the uninitiated, that’s good ol’ Southern style barbecue, not grilling. Ribs cooked for six hours at 250°F, 15…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, May 5th, 2010
Categories: Meditations | Tags: barbecue, barbecue judging, BBQ, low and slow, Mad Cow Barbecue, pnwba, ribs, Ted Reader, Weber Smokey Mountain, Well Seasoned, WSM | 2 Comments »
My wife isn’t much for cooking though she does claim the kitchen for baking. However, she is an avid gardener and provider of fresh, organic produce for us. Though I do the bulk of the cooking in our house, she…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, April 6th, 2010
Categories: Guidance | | 3 Comments »