Foodists

Have you ever been in a situation where you don’t know what to make for dinner, so you resort to something basic and generic that you’ve made a million times before, and something that thousands of other families in…

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Fellow Foodist, Anthony Nicalo invited a houseful of rowdy food lovers to his American Thanksgiving dinner. In preparation for the evening, he slaughtered a 200 lb pig two days prior to feed the hungry guests. We all…

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Recently, a friend invited me to a bacon-themed potluck which he dubbed Baconstraveganza. My contribution was a Stilton & Bacon Cheesecake from a recipe I found on Saveur.com.  I garnished it with a Spiced Candied…

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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…

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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…

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Six weeks ago, I stopped eating meat. Well…until today. As you may know, I am a culinary school student, and 6 weeks ago we started a class that teaches the art of vegetarian, vegan and alternative cuisines such as…

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1 small roasting pumpkin 1 small head of radicchio 1 small pomegranate, seeded Handful of Italian parsley leaves Renato Fenocchio Olive Oil Balsamic Vinegar (real stuff, not caramel colored or hurried, probably costs at…

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As the leaves start to fall and there is a chill in the air, my mind turns to warm comfort foods to take me through the winter. I feel a warm hug just thinking about my mom’s adobo chicken. I’ve made it…

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Here’s a real simple recipe to save some of the incredible summer peaches for winter days, twisted with a notch of bourbon to add flavour. This was my first time canning peaches and it was pretty easy to do. So get…

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As an amateur chef, I enjoy a good challenge. Over the years, I’ve tackled quite a few of them – a flakey pie crust, an authentic bolognese, a delicate tamago-dofu. All of those adventures, though, now seem…

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Everybody and their uncle has their special chili recipe, and they all swear theirs is the best. They all claim to have a secret, be it an unexpected ingredient or some special cooking technique. Well, to that I say…

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This month’s contest prize is a copy of author, farmer, and slow food activist David Mas Masumoto‘s latest book Wisdom of the Last Farmer: Harvesting Legacies from the Land. (Free Press/Simon and Schuster, 288…

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My buddy Handsome Rob (not my name for him – not that there’s anything wrong with that) took me salmon fishing out of Sooke on Sunday without much expectation. The big springs had moved through already, and he…

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Over the last few years, I have made a gradual transition over from cow milk to nut milk, in an attempt of finding a similar cream consistency that my body could readily absorb. Perhaps it’s the imitation of our…

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Due to Vancouver’s anti-climatic nature, I have nurtured myself to forbid the formation of expectations with newly opened establishments. I do so in hopes of minimizing the depth of my disappointment, but when a local…

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