Foodists

Last weekend I cooked two dishes that required fresh herbs – a pugliese seafood pasta with sage, and a rosemary cake with… rosemary. Finding fresh rosemary is never a problem at our house, as we have two…

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If toast is bettered bread, French toast is certainly another step in the evolutionary process – dipped in egg and pan-fried, this staple of Sunday brunches everywhere is about the best example of a perfectly simple…

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If you could eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner on a single day in Vancouver, where would you choose to dine? For the sake of this imaginary challenge, let’s assume that we all get an unlimited expense account (at the…

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A few years ago, I drove down the coast from Vancouver to San Francisco, winding through Washington State, Oregon and California on the way to a too-short stay in Shaky Town. The drive is a beer-lovers treasure hunt, with…

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It strikes me that the world can be divided neatly into two groups: Those who would willingly taste the contents of a poorly labeled, dusty bottle of homemade brown liquor and those who would not. My girlfriend and I fall…

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Over the last few months, Nigel Springthorpe has been quietly turning the Alibi Room into Vancouver’s best spot for microbrew & craft beers. The on-tap selection is excellent, with a collection of brews from…

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I’m sure there’s a place like Little Nest in every neighbourhood. You know, that around-the-corner cafe where neighbours gather for breakfast and coffee. A sunny, friendly kind of place where you’re…

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Dave Seldon is a do-it-yourself kind of guy. The Head Brewer at BS Brewing, a Portland-based collective of home-brewers has made his own beer for years, is handy with tools, and grows his own food. So, what’s next…

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It’s been a while since I posted to the blog, so I thought I’d return to action by posting about a few culinary finds that I’ve made over the last few weeks. First of is Wedderspoon Honey. Though the…

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Sometime about 1991, every restaurant in the known universe started to offer raspberry vinaigrette as a dressing option. For a world used to a choice between ranch, italian, and 1000 islands, this cheeky pink number was a…

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Confused yet? In his recent article in the London Review of Books, Stephen Shapin gives us his thoughts on Bill Buford‘s rather lengthily titled Heat: An Amateur’s Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook,…

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It’s that time of the year, again. The time of year when I forget to make reservations for Dine Out Vancouver, and then spend two weeks grumbling about it under my breath. I checked out the site this morning, and…

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If you are looking for a tasty snack to pack in your lunch tomorrow, pick up some 80g cans of Callipo tuna. The fish is canned in olive oil, which makes for a much tastier snack than water-tinned tuna. I eat it straight…

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Forget calzones. Put your pepperoncini aside. Da Flora, a small venetian-style ostaria in San Francisco, does Italian food with such freshness and imagination that you’ll never look at a plate of fettucini the same way again.

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I’m headed to San Francisco for the weekend. I know it is somewhat of a mecca for foodies in North America, but I have done only a little bit of exploring on my own. I’d love to hear recommendations for some…

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