Foodists

  Vacant eyes obsessively track the road’s painted solid white line. Deep breaths repetitively inhale the increasingly sparse oxygen. Pedals turnover rhythmically up the unceasing ten degree incline. The landscape…

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An afternoon with some of Vancouver’s most innovative, inspiring, and creative minds who work with food to innovate, unite, and create change.

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I haven’t served meals in a restaurant since the 1980’s, and I rarely eat at old school diners anymore. Recently I got the opportunity to do both recently while helping those in need in my community.…

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When I hear about restaurants in casinos I always think…“meh”. I conjure up visions of big plates of cheap food, smothered in even cheaper sauces. I once went to a casino in Kansas City where I ordered from a…

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                  I think I’m going to be spending a lot of time at the new Mahony & Sons at Stamps Landing. I could go on an on about the amazing two level 10,000 square…

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My dad recently turned 78 and for his birthday my upwardly mobile parents and I journeyed to Seattle by Amtrak for the weekend. I highly recommend the train – it’s a great way  to travel down to the “Emerald…

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We foodists are always looking for new ways to celebrate food and food culture. We’ve been kicking around the idea of doing a food-focussed film festival and, lo-and-behold, some very talented Vancouver Chefs are…

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What if I told you there was a local cooking class program specifically for these at-risk women that has logged hundreds of hours of training, served hundreds of meals, and taught hundreds of women how to prepare healthy,…

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Growing up in North Vancouver, Michael Cober recalls being fascinated by watching bees working in the hives his father kept. “My love of beekeeping is about not just getting outside and being in nature but participating…

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With Revolver I hereby declare the artisanal coffee wars over.

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We’d heard chatter about a cafe up near Squamish called Fergie’s Cafe that people would literally drive up from Vancouver or down from Whistler for. We had to try it for ourselves, so one recent foggy morning…

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Hopefully you’ve heard the news about the 10th annual Passions: “Paint The Town Red” fundraising gala happening Sunday, September 15, 2013, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m at the Dr. Peter Centre. Founded by…

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All marathons are long, but wineglass in hand one is longer than all others. Each September the legendary Medoc region of Bordeaux hosts the Marathon du Medoc; self-declared Le Marathon Le Plus Long du Monde. This…

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I thought I knew olive oil. In fact I’ve always sort been an olive oil snob, willing to pay extravagant prices for “the good stuff”, most often from Italy, Spain or Greece, but Famiglia Creanza Olive Oil…

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  London, UK It is a question that quietly haunts chefs: what is creativity? From raw ingredients, fire and knives a meal is created, but is it inherently creative?  As individual professionals are they themselves…

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