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.
As soon as we entered our friend’s backyard, the whiff of Cajun spices hit me. I peeked into the tubs of the rather menacing creatures, all 90 lbs of them. Inside the cauldron, a spicy brew of spices steamed and…
Posted by: Melody Fury on Thursday, May 19th, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: Austin, Cajun, crawfish, Crawfish boil, Texas | 2 Comments »
Playing around with contrasting ingredients to create unlikely flavours riles me up. I love it when my guests look hesitantly at their plates at first, then burst out saying “wow, I never thought that would work”…
Posted by: Melody Fury on Thursday, May 19th, 2011
Categories: Guidance | Tags: cheese, corn, Goat Cheese, lime, mint, olive oil, Olives, onion, summer, watermelon | 1 Comment »
Chinese (or Lunar) New Year is the most important festival in China and it is also celebrated throughout many Asian countries. It’s a time for family reunion, which also means indulging in a lot of scrumptious food.…
Posted by: Melody Fury on Monday, January 31st, 2011
Categories: Guidance | Tags: chinese, Chinese New Year | 2 Comments »
So I was thinking, of all places to visit in the US, what’s the most unlikely spot for me to take a vacation? Or better yet, where would I experience the most culture shock? Why, Dallas Texas sounds shocking enough…
Posted by: Melody Fury on Tuesday, October 26th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: beer, butter, Deep Fried, gross, State Fair, State Fair of Texas, Texas, Travel, USA | 3 Comments »
Shooting video ain’t easy. Editing is even harder. Thank goodness for a good production team. Every once in a while, a video catches my eye and captures my heart. While I obviously love food food food, food videos…
Posted by: Melody Fury on Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Categories: Meditations | Tags: video | 1 Comment »
I received an anonymous tip on Twitter about a mysterious sausage maker in an unlikely location. To my knowledge, the workshop is completely hidden from view and is owned and operated by an oldschool 5th generation…
Posted by: Melody Fury on Friday, May 14th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: charcuterie, main street, meat, prosciutto, salami, sausage | 3 Comments »
I typically never shop at Granville Island Public Market on the weekend because it is jam packed with browsers and tourists. After Spot Prawn Fest, I needed groceries so I reluctantly entered the gourmet vortex of…
Posted by: Melody Fury on Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
Categories: Guidance | Tags: Fiddlehead, potato, Radish, recipe, Spot Prawns | 4 Comments »
Pairing the salty and sweet is no longer enough for serious dessert lovers. Salted caramels? yawn. Using salt alone to heighten flavours is old news for refined palettes. Umami is the newly crowned flavour to dominate the…
Posted by: Melody Fury on Thursday, April 1st, 2010
Categories: Guidance | Tags: foie-gras, ice cream, sea urchin, truffle | 2 Comments »
I’m sure you’ve heard of the incredible markets in Europe. You’ve heard about the eccentric fish mongers, the ceilings covered with cured meats and the fruit picked freshly from nearby farms. In reality,…
Posted by: Melody Fury on Monday, March 29th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: Barcelona, market, spain, tapas, Travel | 1 Comment »
The bustling energy that the 2010 Winter Olympics brought to Vancouver was amazing but I’m relieved to reclaim our city back from the visitors. During the games, I yearned to sample each Olympic Pavilion’s…
Posted by: Melody Fury on Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: Granville Island, Granville Island Public Market, Olympics, Olympics pavillions, video | 4 Comments »
The streets were eerily quiet last Sunday morning before the men’s gold medal hockey game, Canada v.s. the US. Line-ups of fans were winding around the block outside bars, all decked in red. My friends and I…
Posted by: Melody Fury on Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Hockey, Olympics, vancouver, Vegetarian | 1 Comment »
The biggest bummer about wandering the markets while travelling is not having a kitchen to cook the enticing ingredients in. My eyes sparkled when I saw the lovely innards displayed proudly throughout Mercato Centrale…
Posted by: Melody Fury on Sunday, January 3rd, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: Florence, italy, meat, offal, Street Food | No Comments »
This year, a simple, food-themed baby tree with entirely handmade decorations adorns my brick loft. I strung up some stale candy and yogurt pretzels and sprayed it down with hair spray. I usually trim the bendy ends off…
Posted by: Melody Fury on Thursday, December 24th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: candy, Christmas, holidays | 1 Comment »
Gastown has a dense concentration of watering holes so unsurprisingly, it also boasts of some of the finest cocktail establishments in the city. In a neighbourhood founded on alcohol, the question isn’t “where can we…
Posted by: Melody Fury on Friday, December 11th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: alcohol, bartending, Mixology, Sortilege Cup | 8 Comments »
Offal, in the form of animal innards or refuse bits, bounced back to the top of the food trend ladder. Woohoo! Go, North America. In many regions around the world, offal is neither novel nor a delicacy; it’s just a…
Posted by: Melody Fury on Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: Florence, italy, market, meat, offal, pork, Travel | 3 Comments »