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.
A warm welcome to our new Guest Contributor, Pailin Chongchitnant! Pailin (pronounced “pie-lin”) is from Thailand, but currently lives in San Francisco and studies at the California Culinary Academy. She’s a…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: contributor, Foodists, Pailin Chongchitnant | No Comments »
The 2nd installment of Interesting Vancouver is taking place on Friday October 23rd at The Vancouver Rowing Club. Those of us who attended last year were treated to one of the most refreshing and inspiring gatherings that…
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: chocolate, events, Interesting Vancouver, Mindful Eating | No Comments »
This past summer, knowing how much I like to know about food happenings around town, a client dropped a copy of Montecristo Magazine off for me. The cover article was about the beginning of Vancouver’s culinary…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Monday, October 12th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: journlism, magazine, print | No Comments »
Leah’s mother exaggerates most things by a factor of 1000. Filling up her car these days, for example, costs about 100,000 bucks. So, while listening to Dixie as she told a wonderful, romantic story of cooking a…
Posted by: Jay and Leah on Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: beer, clams, fire, roast, roasting, thanksgiving, turkey, video, Wine | 4 Comments »
To be truthful, I’d never really spent much time at farmer’s markets until I moved about five blocks away from the one at Trout Lake. And, until I’d read books like Michael Pollan’s…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Monday, October 5th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: animal vegetable miracle, Barbara Kingsolver, kootenay alpine cheese, Mich, omnivore's dilemma, RIPE, Robert Clark, Turning Point Brewing, vancouver cooks, Vancouver Farmers Market | 2 Comments »
Grabbing lunch and heading off to find a field or beach to dine en plein air is a timeless tradition, but in the middle of a city? less so, perhaps. And yet, a couple of weeks ago my friends and I sat down in a square in…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Sunday, September 20th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: al fresco, dessert, event, outside, picnic, potluck, spontaneous | 1 Comment »
It’s been a year or so since I last visited this great store on St.Johns Street in Port Moody. After walking in I said hello to the owner who was busy working in the back. When she emerged she said “Hi, I haven’t…
Posted by: Matt SamyciaWood on Sunday, September 20th, 2009
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Well, here we are in mid-September. I don’t have kids, but my if my kid memory serves me right, there should be slews of essays bouncing around with variations on the title of “what I did on my summer…
Posted by: Eagranie Yuh on Sunday, September 13th, 2009
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Is anyone else sick of ‘new stuff’ for the kitchen? I’ve had it. Plastic, ‘ergonomic’, basically disposable junk is making me mad. It’s not just the big dopey ‘slow kid…
Posted by: Colin Kohler on Sunday, September 13th, 2009
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Summer should never go out with a wimper so get yourself down to Langley this Sunday for what is easily the best barbecue competition in the lower mainland. Angie Quaale and her team at Well Seasoned put on this…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Angie Quaale, Barbecue Langley, BBQ, BBQ Competition, BBQ on the Bypass, house-of-q, Well Seasoned | 3 Comments »
BBQ is a contentious issue amongst purists. A recent documentary gig took me and my GvsG cohort to North Carolina to do some filming. The first thing one should do before embarking on any creative job is to research. This…
Posted by: Johnathon Vaughn on Monday, September 7th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: BBQ, Gourmand, Gourmet, guerrilla tv | 2 Comments »
Ever wonder what the chefs who’ve just created the most amazing culinary experience you’ve ever had in your life get up to once you’ve paid the cheque and are out the door? Well, now you can. If you want to.
Posted by: Colin Coutts on Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Chefs, silliness | No Comments »
1. It’s not just about wine. This year there was a CheeseCamp track too. Yes, real, serious, delicious conversations about cheese. 2. You’d have understood that if you forget your wine country map that’s…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: booze, cheese, CheeseCampVan09, event, pairings, VCCC09, VinoCamp, VinoCampVan09, Wine | No Comments »
I will not eat them with a mouse. I will not eat them in a house. I will not eat them here or there. I will not eat them anywhere. I do not eat green eggs and ham. I do not like them, Sam-I-am. Ahhh, the good old days of…
Posted by: Sharlene on Sunday, August 23rd, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: children, cookbook, cooking with children, eggs, green eggs, ham | 1 Comment »
Eight years ago, I attended Feast of Fields, an annual harvest festival that takes place in several locations across the province. In 2001, the event was held at the UBC Farm. It was an amazing day, featuring a…
Posted by: Jer Thorp on Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: ale, alibi room, beer, belgium, lambic, storm brewing | No Comments »