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.
Saturday evening. My cab cuts through Yaletown, dipping down under the Granville Street Bridge towards the marina. The heat of the day has begun to wane but the sun is still blazing low in the sky transforming the vehicle…
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
Categories: Meditations | Tags: C Restaurant, events, restaurants, reviews, salmon, scallops, Seafood, Spot Prawns, sustainability, tilapia, Wine | 12 Comments »
“This is to confirm your reservation for the media dinner aboard the Floating Dining Room.” On Friday afternoon, with two designers down and minor fires to be put out on all fronts, the above words sat buried…
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
Categories: Meditations | Tags: C Restaurant, event, School of Fish Foundation, Seafood, sustainability | No Comments »
Today in the Foodists Guest Contributor column is a look inside Foodists’ fridges by new contibutor Miles Harrison. Look for more from him soon. –Ed. When it comes to people, food and fridges,…
Posted by: Guest on Thursday, July 8th, 2010
Categories: Meditations | Tags: fridge, guest, ingredients, secret | 11 Comments »
With the almost cult following that bacon has, I always figured there had to be similar pockets of food obsession so I was quite tickled to see an invite to an “endive gala” in my inbox a few weeks ago. A…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
Categories: Meditations | Tags: endive, event | No Comments »
I love to cook and be creative. I love creating and eating complex dishes with many ingredients resulting in a multi flavoured foodgasm. But sometimes nothing can beat a classic simple dish that connects you to your…
Posted by: Matt SamyciaWood on Saturday, June 19th, 2010
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Baked beans | 8 Comments »
Had a conversation the other day about people on ‘Death Row’ (not sure how we ended up on this topic) and what people’s last meals would be. It lead to us wondering what would we have as our last meal if we had to…
Posted by: Matt SamyciaWood on Saturday, June 19th, 2010
Categories: Meditations | Tags: death row, fish and chips, Last meal, yorkshire puddings | 2 Comments »
Unless you are regularly firing up your own smoker to spend a day or more making brisket, pulled pork, ribs and other delectable slow ‘n low meaty treats, you’d best source out the local competitions. As…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Categories: Meditations | Tags: barbecue, BBQ, brisket, chili, competition barbecue, pulled pork, ribs | 2 Comments »
Shooting video ain’t easy. Editing is even harder. Thank goodness for a good production team. Every once in a while, a video catches my eye and captures my heart. While I obviously love food food food, food videos…
Posted by: Melody Fury on Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Categories: Meditations | Tags: video | 1 Comment »
Have you ever experienced something similar to a writer’s block, but a cook’s block? You live most of your life full of the spirit of kitchen adventures, you create new dishes for dinner constantly and…
Posted by: Pailin Chongchitnant on Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
Categories: Meditations | Tags: cherries, fruit picking, peaches | No Comments »
Cheers, Chin Chin, Santé, Salute or Kanpai. The sound of these generally means that drinks are about to be enjoyed with friends. Perhaps an Old Fashioned, Sazerac or a nice glass of Nebbiolo…but I digress. A few…
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
Categories: Meditations | Tags: beer, celebration, cheers, Drinks, tradition, Wine | 3 Comments »
Why oh why, when faced with rows upon rows of fresh mole paste—as gorgeously colorful as they are complexly composed—in a Oaxacan market, did I not just buy a kilo (or five) of the stuff? This is the thought that…
Posted by: Laura Siciliano-Rosen on Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
Categories: Meditations | Tags: cooking, markets, Mexico, mole, Oaxaca, Travel | 7 Comments »
I loves me a good cupcake. Don’t you? There’s something slightly less guilty about eating a couple (or six) little cupcakes compared to stuffing your face with a thick slab of moist chocolate cake…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
Categories: Meditations | Tags: challenge, competition, cupcakes, judge, Roundhouse, vancouver, Yaletown | 3 Comments »
Not that I have a whole lot of time for reading these days, when I do, I’ll often grab something food related. So last night I cracked the cover on acclaimed blogger Molly Wizenberg’s book, A Homemade Life. So…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
Categories: Meditations | Tags: barbara jo's cooks to book, contest, homemade life, Julia Child, julie & julia, julie powell, molly wizenberg | 10 Comments »
This photos is courtesy of Ted Reader. He didn’t take it, I did. It’s the perfectly anal stack of burgers I formed after being inspired by my recent conversation with Ted, and following a read of his book,…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
Categories: Meditations | Tags: burgers, contest, gourmet burgers, napoleon grills, Ted Reader | 3 Comments »
Photo credit: Todd Smith It all started with a pig called Wanda. Then some members of the Foodists collective went on a road trip to Clinton, BC to pick out some lambs from Cutter Ranch. Now one of their fine animals has…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Friday, May 28th, 2010
Categories: Meditations | Tags: angus, angus II, angusII, butcher, butchers of gastown, butchery, cooking, Cutter Ranch, lamb, meat, video | 8 Comments »