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.
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
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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 »
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 »
In trying to narrow down destinations for a recent city break, my only real requirements were that there had to be something good to eat. That meant Chilliwack was out (although go a little farther and I’ve had a…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
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Being laid off has left me with a sense of having lots of time on my hands and even though my natural tendency to cram days full to the gills makes that unlikely, it’s nevertheless unleashed a desire to make things…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Monday, April 13th, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: cheese, dough, italian, Pasta, ragu, ravioli | 2 Comments »
It goes without saying that it will rain the day after you take your umbrella out of your purse and by the same token, I should have known that a trendy, tasty Italian restaurant would open up in the culinary dead-zone…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Monday, January 26th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: chick peas, chinatown, fish, italian, Pasta, polenta, pork, restaurant, review, Risotto, sausage, steak, vancouver, Wine | 2 Comments »
I recently asked Mark to recommend a cookbook and without hesitation, he gave me the name of Martin Picard’s Au Pied de Cochon – The Album. When I poured over it with as much enthusiasm as he hit me with, it…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Saturday, January 3rd, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: cookbook, meat pie, pork, Quebecoise, tourière | 7 Comments »