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I am getting sick to death of hearing people say how awesome Nicli Antica Pizzeria is. I get it already—their Neapolitan pizza is very good, and it’s so authentic it earned Vancouver’s first Vera Pizza…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, January 13th, 2012
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Bill McCaig, Gastown, interview, Nicli Antica Pizzeria, Pasta, vancouver, Vicino Pastaria & Deli | No Comments »
Recently we were invited to partake in a good ‘ol fashioned Southern pig pickin’ to mark the 10th anniversary of venerable low ‘n slow barbeque joint Memphis Blues BBQ House. Started by George Siu and…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Monday, January 9th, 2012
Categories: Meditations | Tags: barbecue, BBQ, george siu, Memphis Blues, park heffelfinger | 1 Comment »
Although many of you might be a little disheartened in the upcoming tasting choice, I for one feel that introducing myself to as many different foods, flavors, and textures allows me to appreciate the art of cooking, the…
Posted by: Tyler Wilman on Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Anthony-Bourdain, hunter, Inuit, raw, Ron Shewchuk, Seal, sushi, Truffel oil, vancouver | 32 Comments »
On a cold November night, many of Vancouver’s foodie elite descended to the new Gastown location of The Found & The Freed “pop up” shop for an event called Sweater Season. Accompanying…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
Categories: Meditations | Tags: ButterOn The Endive, event, Gastown, interview, Owen Lightly, The Found and The Freed, vancouver | 1 Comment »
Maybe you caught the Q&A with Roger Mooking on this recent post, or the latest video in which Mark and Ben interview him in our favourite underground sausage making facility, D-Original? Well, if either of those leave…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
Categories: Meditations | Tags: contest, cookbook, D-Original Sausage, everyday exotic, Roger Mooking, video | 2 Comments »
My friend Sean and I made our first batch of fruitcake in 1995; I was 16 and he was 17 years old. It started as a joke. See, we had this theory that nobody actually ate fruitcake, they just hung onto it for a while and…
Posted by: Katie Trant on Thursday, December 15th, 2011
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Christmas, fruitcake, holidays | 2 Comments »
Aging cocktails isn’t a new technique—in fact it used to be the norm a century ago—but only in recent years has aging cocktails in oak barrels made a come back in Europe and the US—even the New Times is…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Sunday, November 27th, 2011
Categories: Meditations | Tags: aging, barrel, campari, cocktails, french oak, Gin, Manhattan, negroni, rye, vermouth | 4 Comments »
You’re either a wine person or you’re going to be one. When you start out, you might be less inclined to spend the big money on a single bottle of wine because, well, you don’t get what makes a wine…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, November 17th, 2011
Categories: Meditations | Tags: contest, Natalie MacLean, Wine, wine bargain | 7 Comments »
Increasingly we’re asked by food industry folks to interview them for this site, which is an honour and appreciated, and fun (the reason why we do this!). Such was the case when Food Network celebrity chef Roger…
Posted by: miriamthomas on Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
Categories: Meditations | Tags: celeb chef, D-Original Sausage, Food Network, interview, Roger Mooking, tv | No Comments »
The Butchers of Gastown (BOG) is all about sharing in the sourcing of a whole beast (or beasts), learning how to take them apart and then making a feast fit for kings with little to no waste. Sharing being the operative…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
Categories: Meditations | Tags: butchers of gastown, clams, crab, ethics, halibut, lobster, mussels, oysters, sablefish, Seafood, The Daily Catch, tuna, video | 1 Comment »
It’s almost inevitable that at some point in the career of an Asian chef, one faces the big decision: MSG—To use? Or not to use? In some Asian countries, such as Thailand where I come from, it’s not uncommon to find…
Posted by: Pailin Chongchitnant on Friday, September 16th, 2011
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Asian food, MSG | 11 Comments »
It’s entirely likely that if you read this website, you’re quite familiar with the Vancouver-based food and culture site Scout Magazine. and its outspoken founder and Editor, Andrew Morrison. Since its…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, September 12th, 2011
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Andrew Morrison, interview, Scout Magazine, vancouver | 2 Comments »
When I was a kid we would spend our entire summer, from the end of June to the end of August, at our family property on the Sunshine Coast of BC. Most days there were two chores we kids would have to get through before…
Posted by: Katie Trant on Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
Categories: Meditations | Tags: berries, foraging, Fruit, fruit picking, Sweden | 13 Comments »
Hitting my local newsstand, it’s not hard to find the usual suspects vying for your attention, featuring the sexiest food photography to make you forget you just had lunch. Saveur, Everyday Food, Bon Appetit,…
Posted by: Nancy Wu on Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Anthony-Bourdain, app, chinese, cookbooks, David Chang, Fire & Knives, food magazine, Foodists, iPad, Japan, Lucky Peach, McSweeney's, Momofuku, Momofuku Milk Bar, ramen, Tampopo, Tokyo | 5 Comments »
It has been awhile since I have written a post for Foodists. A bloody long time to be quite honest. Even as I write this I am searching my brain for some small scrap that I might throw you, dear reader, to justify this…
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Monday, August 1st, 2011
Categories: Meditations | Tags: butchers of gastown, clams, crab, ethics, halibut, lobster, mussels, oysters, sablefish, Seafood, The Daily Catch, tuna, video | 2 Comments »