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I decided to walk to the Aquarium after work on the coldest day in Vancouver going back several years. Not as insane as one might think when my understanding was there would be more than 1 steaming pot of seafood chowder…

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Today’s guest post is by Annika Reinhardt. She was born and raised on a farm with pigs, rabbits, and happy chickens in Eastern Germany. As a child she was the pickiest eater and her parents still can’t believe…

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Today’s post on Christmas Wine Gifts is by Natalie McLean, e-sommelier and Canadian wine site author. “Wine is one of the few presents that makes both the giver and the receiver look good,” says Natalie MacLean.…

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Chocolate is one of the few foods we as humans will plan an entire festival around. It knows no boundaries. Despite its tiny geographical crop footprint, the cocao bean has penetrated every culture with its uniquely…

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Living in Vancouver, a Foodist is spoiled for choice. With the number of restaurants opening, months, even years, can pass by before finally getting to that restaurant you’ve wanted to try. Such is the case with…

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I like scotch. I like chocolate. But the idea of mixing the smokey, peaty and sometimes rough flavours of scotch with the silky, sweet, luscious, and sometimes bitter flavours of chocolate seems almost criminal. That was…

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Which restaurants do YOU think have the most creative desserts? 99% of the time when I eat out, I order desserts. In the past few years though, compared to how interesting and mind-boggling savory dishes have become, I…

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Enter the Ryza Prize Pack Contest by adding a comment to this post making suggestion of things to make with Ryza Rice Milk. Draw on Thursday Oct 14th.

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Tasting of two varieties of cocoa powder

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Listen, yogurt is expensive, and I’m cheap. Somewhere along the way I acquired a taste for the stuff, and now I have a yogurt addiction. To satisfy my habit, I usually buy whatever’s on sale – quality or…

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I had butterflies. I’m not too proud to admit it. However, the expectation of finding a culinary lover, who matched my passion for the kitchen, was definitely making me push the nervous jitters aside in favor of a…

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When is a beer not a beer anymore? Perhaps when it’s stronger than whiskey.

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You’d think with parents who grew up in Winnipeg and so many chefs as friends and all my Jewish connections that when I was sick I’d have a go-to chicken soup recipe.  Not just any chicken soup recipe but a proper…

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Foodists on CKNW August 1, 2010 from The Foodists on Vimeo. Foodists.ca founders Mark Busse and Ben Garfinkel were guests on The World Today Weekend on CKNW with host Randall Mark on August 1st, 2010. This 15 minute…

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If you are like me you are increasingly conscious of the unsustainable and polluting use of plastic wrap in the cooking process. I use it for both mise en place and left-overs, and for other food prep techniques as well…

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