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Last week, fellow Foodist Karen Hamilton went to Montreal to participate in the Van Houtte Coffee Getaway (watch for the post!). As a good Foodist would, she went with an empty suitcase, and returned with it filled with…
Posted by: Andrea Busse on Sunday, November 13th, 2011
Categories: Guidance | | 3 Comments »
Most people think that curing your own meats is a quick way to waste meat, or worse, end up in the hospital (or even worse: dead). While there is some risk involved, it can be minimized. People have been curing meats for…
Posted by: Cliff Hammerschmidt on Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
Categories: Guidance | Tags: charcuterie, cooking techniques, pork | 1 Comment »
In a week’s time a lovely friend will be getting married at the charming Heritage Hall. As part of the bride and groom’s DIY approach to the day they have requested a helping hand from their guests on the…
Posted by: Laura Milligan on Sunday, September 25th, 2011
Categories: Guidance | Tags: bourbon, Cascadia, Complete Canadian Living Baking Book, pastry, pie, Rebar | No Comments »
In mid-September, just a few days before the autumnal equinox, the days are getting noticeably shorter and the sunlight is transitioning from blazing to soft. This is perhaps the best time to eat fresh, ripe…
Posted by: Bryn Mooth on Monday, September 19th, 2011
Categories: Guidance | | 1 Comment »
From noble stock? Not I. But I’m comforted personally by the notion we’re all dirt-digging peasants with appetites base and common. After all, many of the world’s proudest culinary traditions came into being as…
Posted by: Dave Delibato on Saturday, September 10th, 2011
Categories: Guidance | Tags: braciole, Campania, italian, italy, meat, Naples, Pasta, penne, rigatoni, sauce, spaghetti, tomato | 13 Comments »
Last weekend my parents celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary. I suppose after 45 years you have your share of romantic dinners for two (and other stuff I don’t want to know about), so in recent years they like…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, August 26th, 2011
Categories: Guidance | Tags: 1960s, jello mould, meat pie, meat pie recipe, meatloaf, tortiere, wedding | No Comments »
Today’s guest post is courtesy of Ana Simeon, who works as a communications coordinator for SeaChoice, Canada’s most comprehensive sustainable seafood program. Working in collaboration with the Monterey Bay…
Posted by: 1ndu3tr1@l on Friday, August 12th, 2011
Categories: Guidance | Tags: Ana Simeon, recipe, sardines, seachoice, Seafood Watch | 2 Comments »
The half-used tomato, still perfectly serviceable, sat alongside a cucumber of similar status in the “rot drawer” of the fridge. In summer, I tend to overbuy at the farmers’ markets just because…
Posted by: Bryn Mooth on Friday, August 12th, 2011
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Though I really don’t want Meow Mix to please deliver I had really hoped that Sunday dinner at my aunt and uncle’s had delivered better. Lured by the promise of a yummy chicken liver dinner I made the trek up to their…
Posted by: Sylvia Rigakis on Friday, July 29th, 2011
Categories: Guidance | Tags: appetizer, bacon, BBQ, chicken liver, liver | 2 Comments »
We typically associate stir-fry cookery with Asian foods, but it’s a really versatile method. And now that summer vegetables are hitting our farmers’ markets all over the Midwest, we’ve been fixated on…
Posted by: Bryn Mooth on Thursday, July 21st, 2011
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At a dinner we recently hosted we were presented with a paired tortellini appetizer. As my cousin described it, fresh out of class at the Northwest Culinary Academy, it was his homemade nun’s habit (akin to Lucrezia…
Posted by: Laura Milligan on Monday, July 18th, 2011
Categories: Guidance | Tags: family dinner, Jamie Oliver, pukka, rotolo, tortellini | No Comments »
When I asked Foodist followers on Twitter how they liked their caesars, the answers ranged from “extra olives” to “extra black” but the overwhelming response was “spiceaaaaaaayyyy”. It…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Sunday, July 17th, 2011
Categories: Guidance | Tags: bourbon, caesar, celery, clamato, cocktail, spicy, vodka | 2 Comments »
It’s been a long cold spring, but the garden is finally catching up. Now I’m scrambling…picking 10 pounds of strawberries every other day… and watching the raspberries and blueberries begin to ripen. With so…
Posted by: Michelle Moss on Thursday, July 14th, 2011
Categories: Guidance | Tags: cacao, energy, gardening, Peru, snacks | No Comments »
Artichokes: the ubiquitous filler that’s served in spinach dips throughout sports bars and portion-cup restaurants everywhere; those cretaceous-looking flowers that could be Audrey’s evil offspring in the Little Shop…
Posted by: Gen Handley on Thursday, July 14th, 2011
Categories: Guidance | Tags: artichoke heart, artichokes, Gen Handley, Glen Valley Farms, interview, langley, recipe | 1 Comment »
I grossly overshot when I purchased the fruit to make homemade blueberry jam last weekend. Pauvre moi. So I asked Rob to come up with a blueberry-infused summer cocktail suitable for the oh-so-typical, hot-and-muggy,…
Posted by: Bryn Mooth on Friday, July 8th, 2011
Categories: Guidance | | 1 Comment »