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Although we had a late start, this has been the summer of dining al fresco. From working lunches to beach n’ Bocce dinners, I have attempted to consume this season’s bounty outdoors. Some of my favourite…
Posted by: Laura Milligan on Friday, August 27th, 2010
Categories: Guidance | Tags: al fresco, beer, cookies, dessert, gelato, outdoors, picnic, tart | No Comments »
After reading an article about pretzels (Laugenbrezeln) I got to thinking it would be fun to play with scary hazardous chemicals while making food. Okay, lye shouldn’t be that scary, but when you find out they charge…
Posted by: Cliff Hammerschmidt on Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
Categories: Guidance | | 9 Comments »
At my local grocery store in Harlem, I get a great deal on arugula – $5 for a plastic salad box literally stuffed full of spicy little leaves. Arugula goes into salads, and sandwiches, but no matter how fast I seem…
Posted by: Jer Thorp on Monday, August 2nd, 2010
Categories: Guidance | Tags: arugula, BBQ, delicious, salsa verde, steak | No Comments »
Foodists.ca is extremely excited to present our second annual Barbecue Bootcamp featuring BBQ Champ and author, Rockin’ Ronnie Shewchuk. Modelled after last summer’s smash hit Foodists.ca event, we guarantee you will…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Sunday, August 1st, 2010
Categories: Guidance | Tags: barbecue, Barbecue Secrets, BBQ, bbq course, bootcamp, brisket, cooking class, game hen, instruction, meat, oysters, pineapple, pork, quesadilla, ravenswood, Rockin' Ronnie Shewchuk, salmon | 1 Comment »
Today new contributor Cliff Hammerschmidt posts in the Foodists Guest column. Look for more from him soon. -Ed It’s that time of year again. Walnuts are at that perfect stage of development for making Green Walnut…
Posted by: Guest on Friday, July 9th, 2010
Categories: Guidance | Tags: alcohol, liquor, walnut | 3 Comments »
Now before you angrily threaten me with a wooden spoon (after all, your banana bread is the best), give this recipe a try. One really can’t go wrong with bananas, chocolate chips, and walnuts. But if you insist…
Posted by: Sharlene on Thursday, June 24th, 2010
Categories: Guidance | Tags: banana bread, recipe | 7 Comments »
Last night I was at a traditional Bavarian restaurant called Zamdorfer for a farewell dinner for our two friends from NYC. The friends are Sports Illustrated writer, Jeff MacGregor, and his lovely wife, Olya, who were…
Posted by: Sylvia Zygalo on Friday, June 18th, 2010
Categories: Guidance | Tags: Bavaria Germany, Munich, ricotta, Vegetables, Zamdorfer | No Comments »
Sunday nights are generally reserved for something a little special, slow cooked roasts or something more elaborate inspired by whatever I was able to get my hands on at the farmers’ market or Granville Island, but…
Posted by: Jules Morgan on Monday, June 14th, 2010
Categories: Guidance | Tags: brown butter, fresh pasta, swiss chard | No Comments »
Photo credit: Wockerjabby The Foodists Guest Contributor column will regularly feature content from travelling Foodists, subject matter experts and people we generally like. Today Lauren Mote, award winning mixologist at…
Posted by: Guest on Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
Categories: Guidance | Tags: diet, health, raw food | 1 Comment »
Photo Credit: Gruntzooki It’s rhubarb season. Last week at the farmer’s market the guy in front of me loaded up on no less than 11 bundles and I watched anxiously, hoping there would be some left.…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Friday, June 4th, 2010
Categories: Guidance | Tags: pie, pudding, recipe, rhubarb, spring | 2 Comments »
I have great memories of the first time I made ice cream as a kid. We used ice and salt, placed the cream mixture in a sandwich bag. The bag is placed in the can with the ice and salt, then we rolled the can down the…
Posted by: Janeen Leynes on Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
Categories: Guidance | Tags: dairy, dessert, frozen, homemade, ice, ice cream, strawberry, summer, treat | 4 Comments »
Evan got the shanks, but we all left the Butchers of Gastown 2 with a little bit of lamb to cook up for ourselves. It actually only took me two days to recover from the lamb overdose that was our day of cutting and…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Monday, May 31st, 2010
Categories: Guidance | Tags: 100 mile diet, angus, arugula, butchers of gastown, lamb | 1 Comment »
(This post is guest written by Cliff Hammerschmidt.) — The Vancouver Magazine 2010 Restaurant Awards were held on the afternoon of May 18 at the Sheraton Wall Centre. This is the 21st year of the awards, and my…
Posted by: Brenda Lowe on Thursday, May 20th, 2010
Categories: Guidance | Tags: awards, Best Restaurant, Vancouver Magazine | 3 Comments »
I’ve never been one to have enough of anything so I pulled out one of my favorite dishes tonight for a friend and used the last bits of Angus (the star of our recent Butchers of Gastown event) in my fridge for a…
Posted by: Evan Leeson on Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
Categories: Guidance | Tags: angus, butchers of gastown, cous cous, lamb shanks, morocco, tagine, test | 1 Comment »
Summer isn’t too far out, you know you’re going to host barbeques and be invited to barbeques. You’ve been to hundreds of barbeques in your life time, and everytime you show up with a different…
Posted by: Pailin Chongchitnant on Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
Categories: Guidance | | 2 Comments »