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.
Over the past handful of years the brewers of British Columbia have really stepped up their game and started producing outstanding beer that’s gaining international acclaim. Take Gary Lohin for example, the…
Posted by: Dave Shea on Saturday, May 1st, 2010
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Chinese people take their food very seriously. My mom makes a weekly trek to a place in Richmond (sssh, it’s a secret) to buy roast duck and pork with skin so crispy that it shatters when you look at it. When I was…
Posted by: Eagranie Yuh on Sunday, April 18th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: awards, chinese, vancouver | 3 Comments »
Hosted by the South Okanagan Wine Association each year, Banée was modeled after Burgundy’s famed Banée de Meursault, a wine industry celebration that marks the end of pruning and the beginning of a new season.…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Sunday, April 18th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: Banée, Okanagan, Passa Tempo, Sid Cross, South Okanagan, South Okanagan Wine Association, Spirit Ridge, Walnut Beach Resort, Watermark Beach Resort, Wine | No Comments »
We were told not to return to Vancouver without going to Café du Monde for some beignets (a French version of a donut). I was sceptical – I’m not usually a dessert person, and would rather eat an extra appy than a…
Posted by: Guest on Sunday, April 18th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: beignets, donut, New Orleans, sugar, Travel | 1 Comment »
In a city where your two options are boiled or fried, we found a loophole. Option C: shucked. Acme Oyster House is a bit of an institution in New Orleans. It first opened in 1910 on Royal Street in the French Quarter, and…
Posted by: Guest on Monday, April 12th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: New Orleans, oysters, parmesan cheese, Travel | No Comments »
Hidden away on a small side street, mere steps away from the New Orleans Cooking School stands a small po-boy place – Johnny’s. The internet reviews rave: this is THE place for po-boys in NOLA. Johnny De Grusha’s…
Posted by: Guest on Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: gumbo, New Orleans, nola, sandwich, shrimp, Travel | 2 Comments »
I’d like to be able to start off this article with a shadowy meeting; with a blindfolded car ride or with a secret entrance of some kind. The truth, though, is that this story ended up being about as local as local…
Posted by: Jer Thorp on Sunday, April 4th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: beer, brewing, brewpunk, DIY, East Van, local | 4 Comments »
An experienced food writer friend once warned me to be suspicious of invitations from restaurants whenever a *free* meal was involved, explaining how difficult he found it to write objective and credible accounts of the…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, April 3rd, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: April Fools', fish, Nancy Wong, Poisson d'Avril, Provence Marinaside, restaurants, review, vancouver | 2 Comments »
I’m sure you’ve heard of the incredible markets in Europe. You’ve heard about the eccentric fish mongers, the ceilings covered with cured meats and the fruit picked freshly from nearby farms. In reality,…
Posted by: Melody Fury on Monday, March 29th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: Barcelona, market, spain, tapas, Travel | 1 Comment »
Recently, I was asked what my favourite restaurants in Toronto were. And I kinda sat there, blankly — stricken by the realization I couldn’t actually think of any. Could it be that I had just moved back to the city…
Posted by: Dave Delibato on Friday, March 26th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: cheap, Ethnic, pizza, reviews, Terroni, Top 10, Toronto, where | 4 Comments »
My love for Mexican cuisine started at the tender age of 17, when en route to Mazatlan, we stopped at a remote village somewhere just west of Torreón and entered a ramshackle hut where, amidst the dust of the road, I was…
Posted by: Jules Morgan on Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: mexican, mexican-food, organic, san francisco, sustainability, the mission district, vegan | 5 Comments »
She sat alone draped in the seductive and warm ambience of the room. Outside the coziness of the café contrasted with slick wet streets and the bluish air of cold winter rain. Casting her eye back she nestled into her…
Posted by: Erin Mussolum on Friday, March 19th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: chocolate, cocoanymph, truffles | 3 Comments »
Charlie’s, newly opened in Yaletown, thinks there’s an alternative to the 4 AM drunken, soggy pizza by the slice. Instead, they’ve opened a swish little lounge in the old Pinky’s space that has…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: lounge, pizza, Yaletown | No Comments »
One of the most talked up restaurants of the summer finally opened with a page of press before they even got started, and it seems like it’s now about to get some more. Corner Suite Bistro de Luxe opened in time for…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Sunday, March 14th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: Anthony Sedlak, bar, bistro, cocktails | No Comments »
The bustling energy that the 2010 Winter Olympics brought to Vancouver was amazing but I’m relieved to reclaim our city back from the visitors. During the games, I yearned to sample each Olympic Pavilion’s…
Posted by: Melody Fury on Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: Granville Island, Granville Island Public Market, Olympics, Olympics pavillions, video | 4 Comments »