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.
There are a lot of people in town celebrating national pride and a large part of that is culinary. “Houses” (more like tents in most cases) have sprung up all over town draped in the colours of their homeland.…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Categories: Guidance | Tags: beer, mustard, Olympics, pavillion, perogies, raclette, sausage, temporary | 1 Comment »
There’s a new dog in town, just in time for the Olympics. For the roving hordes on Granville Street who don’t want slices of pizza, there’s now Dougie Dog. All natural dogs served up in L.A. rockstar…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: cheap, hot dog, late night, snack, Street Food | 4 Comments »
I’m not really a fan of junk food – or “road food” as Tom Robbins calls it in Another Roadside Attraction – which makes heading out on a road trip somewhat less exciting in the eating department. Last year,…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Monday, February 15th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: chain, mexican, road trip, U.S.A. | 3 Comments »
What’s Robbie Burns day without haggis? If you can’t have haggis, you at least need whisky. I’m a traditionalist, so I like to do both if I can and I wrote about the whisky yesterday. Robbie Burns Day is…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
Categories: Guidance | Tags: culture, haggis, holiday, potato, Scotch | 1 Comment »
When I was young, Robbie Burns Day meant highland dancing in some sort of festival, but now that I know better, it has come to mean whisky. Robbie Burns day is the closest thing to a Scotch national holiday and while…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Monday, February 1st, 2010
Categories: Guidance | Tags: holiday, Scotch, shebeen, whiskey, whisky | No Comments »
Sometimes you want eggs for brunch and sometimes you want the kind of brunch that goes on for hours and involves special tools, a leg of decadent Jamón ibérico. It’s the kind of brunch that can only happen once a…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Friday, January 22nd, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: brunch, charcuterie, cheese, jamon, raclette | 1 Comment »
Chinatown got a little bit cooler last night. With the exception of the Alibi Room on one end and Campagnolo on the other, the dining and drinking establishments are not exactly what you’d call sexy. But former…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Saturday, January 16th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: brasserie, chinatown, chinese, cocktails | 5 Comments »
A refinery, by definition, is a place where crude substances are purified and changed into something else. Not surprising, then, that The Refinery is a place where organic materials are transformed into boozier, better…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Sunday, December 27th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: alcohol, bar, cocktail, downtown, granville street, Lauren Mote, lounge, mixologist, Mixology, refinery, restaurant, vancouver | No Comments »
The BC Hospitality Expo last month had the usual assortment of entertainment accoutrements, but we were there to judge one half of the Sortilège Cup. Hosted by Nons Drinks, this was a battle between the sexes to see who…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Monday, December 14th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: alcohol, bartending, contest, cup, expo, liquor, sortilege, spirits | No Comments »
So much of Spanish culture appeals to me. When I read of Spaniards ducking into late night tapas joints for some pulpo or sardines on toast before heading home from a night of drinking, it makes the Granville Street…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Sunday, December 13th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: downtown, granville street, late night, octopus, pintxos, pulpo, sardines, sausage, sherry, snacks, Spanish, tapas, vancouver, Wine | 19 Comments »
Forget raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, a few of my favorite things are bourbon, single malt and beer. And by a stroke of hoppy, malty, genius, all three are on offer at Hopscotch, Vancouver’s beer and…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Saturday, December 12th, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: alcohol, beer, event, Scotch, spirits, vancouver, whiskey, whisky | 3 Comments »
Far too many people still think of tequila as something to be shot back, followed by the requisite lime, salt and shudder, as evidenced by the raised eyebrows I got when I told people I was going to a tequila tasting. But…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: alcohol, cocktails, Don Julio, event, liquor, Pacific Goldfish Kitchen, spirits, tequila, vancouver, Yaletown | 1 Comment »
Definitions of Crush: 1. To extract or obtain (juice) by pressing or squeezing (grapes). 2. a great crowd. 3. (slang) an object of one’s affection. 4. Cornucopia’s gala tasting event. After a full day of…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Sunday, November 29th, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: cornucopia, cornucopia09, crush, event, festival, Whistler, Wine, wine tasting | No Comments »
Are you one of those people who brings out the camera at dinner, not to photograph your dining companions, but to capture the gorgeous food on your plate? We’ve all been guilty of it and here’s a chance to…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Monday, November 23rd, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: camera, campagnolo, class, food photography, Jackie Connelly, photography, workshop | 4 Comments »
Cornucopia is billed as Whistler’s celebration of wine and food and while there was certainly some celebrating happening in the tradional style, at parties (more on that later this week), there was also some great…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: cornucopia, cornucopia09, sake, sherry, Whistler, Wine, wine tasting | No Comments »