Foodists

I love Thanksgiving dinner. Who doesn’t? I could skip the creamed corn and yams mind you, but come on…turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry sauce, oh ya…bring it on. The only way I could think of to…

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There’s a new Vancouver-made documentary about slow food called Tableland that explores sustainable food production. From the orchards of Interior BC, Napa Highlands, rural Quebec and other places where “slow…

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Apparently the Wall Street Journal is onto us folks. They’ve discovered food bloggers! In a recent article title The Price of a Four-Star Rating, they question the validity of food bloggers restaurant reviews,…

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Don’t get me wrong, I love my wine but what I’m not into is the snooty language that surrounds the wine industry. I’m sure you know what I’m talking about, there’s a certain level of…

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Did you know that nutmeg and mace helps reduce gas, aids digestion and alleviates nausea? me neither. Here’s an interesting food site with an article called What Everybody Ought to Know About Medicinal Uses of 22…

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The other evening we were enjoying some delicious asparagus with dinner and realized that we had no idea how asparagus was grown? Does it hang on a bush? Grow in the ground like a potato? Nope. So we looked it up online…

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Organic. Sustainable. All natural. Renewable. Green. Terms bandied about casually these days–especially in food circles–but what does an environmentally responsible approach to beer making mean? For Brooklyn Brewery…

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Ben recently mentioned our new friend Don from 700 Degrees, the artisan breads by Chef Prasad of Savory Coast Restaurant. Don’s passion is gourmet foods made with local ingredients and is a huge believer in the…

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It’s so good to have foodie friends who call you up and say “Neena feels like making butter chicken recipe – wanna come eat?” And then to have another friend [we love JD] offer his beautiful…

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Here’s a helpful tip: join your local Farmers Market Society and stay informed about local community markets where you can buy locally grown organic produce as well as artisan and craft wares. In Vancouver, our…

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Ben and I were honoured to be asked to co-host the Northern Voice blogging conference with our friends Boris Mann, Robert Scales and Jer Thorp. We made a killer salad, cooked delicious pasta, roasted veggies and salmon…

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Admit it, it’s fun to tease vegetarians. They’re often so frail and pasty white, each with cute personal rationales why they won’t eat anything with eyeballs. How crazy is that? I’ve even been…

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Anthony Bourdain is the guest contributor over at food author Michael Ruhlman’s blog, and once again he’s ranting about the state of chefdom and food television. Bourdain’s post begins “I actually…

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Why don’t the cooking shows on TV teach us practical things? You know, like don’t touch your genitals after chopping hot red chillies without washing your hands. Youch!!

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Rouxbe.com connects professional chefs with home cooks: people who love food and are looking to expand their culinary repertoire and improve their skills in the kitchen by serving up online instructional cooking videos…

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