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.
If you are a farmers market kind of person—you spend all morning examining produce stopping only for a quinoa salad and a soy chai, you get excited over oddly shaped squash, you interview anyone who’s selling…
Posted by: Pailin Chongchitnant on Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: farmers market, Ferry Building, san francisco | 4 Comments »
I used to live in Chicago. I also used to cook professionally there and did more than my fair share of eating around town. Once a month someone I know is going to Chicago and asks for suggestions. Here they are, in no…
Posted by: Anthony Nicalo on Friday, October 9th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: Chicago, food, restaurants, tourism | 2 Comments »
The RimRock Café has been in business since 1987 – so why have I never heard of it? It’s probably because I don’t get up to Whistler very often, but that’s no excuse. Anyway, I received 2 completely unrelated…
Posted by: Denise Boyle on Friday, October 2nd, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: meat, prix fixe, restaurant review, Seafood, vancouver, Whistler | 1 Comment »
It’s Saturday night and I find myself consuming a healthy plate of pork and beans. But this isn’t your typical Libby’s beans out of the can. The comfort food I’m talking about is part of the menu at…
Posted by: Erin Mussolum on Sunday, September 27th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: cocktails, comfort food, Gastown, Pourhouse, Pourhouse Vancouver | 7 Comments »
I live in the neighborhood of South Granville and during my typical traipses up and down the street I always happen to walk by West, described as the “jewel in Vancouver’s culinary crown.” It is at this gem…
Posted by: Erin Mussolum on Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: cocktails, Drinks | 2 Comments »
Oh wow! This is so so so good! Thank goodness I didn’t order the hot version as the medium- spiced roti is currently setting a “delightful fire” inside my mouth. I’m not sure what I really expected, but as this is…
Posted by: Matt SamyciaWood on Sunday, September 20th, 2009
Categories: Worship | | 2 Comments »
“Okay, so first we’ll go to Vij’s, then tomorrow Sha-Lin, then we’ll do Deacon’s Corner for breakfast and beers at Alibi across the street when they open…at 5pm. And Phnom Penh on our last night, and Hapa…
Posted by: Laura Siciliano-Rosen on Saturday, September 19th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: Caffe Calabria, deacon's corner, Hapa Izakaya, Japa Dog, Phnom Penh, poutine, Red Fish Blue Fish, review, Sha-Lin, stage, Tojo's, vancouver, Victoria, vij's, Whistler | 7 Comments »
The Truth is… the dining public does not appreciate the entire animal and all it can provide for our table or our taste buds. Thankfully, there is a class of chefs who are unafraid of these under appreciated…
Posted by: Johnathon Vaughn on Monday, September 7th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: brains, offal, Pied A Terre, sweetbreads, tongue | 8 Comments »
Spending the long weekend in Kingston, Ontario had an unexpected reward: Fare on the Square An homage to the farmers market and local products, Fare on the Square provided 12 local restaurants with products from vendors…
Posted by: Alexa Clark on Sunday, September 6th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: event, farmers market, kingston, tasting | No Comments »
Join Chef Neil Taylor and Sebastien LeGoff of Cibo Trattoria for an Italian Picnic-Supper at UBC Farm on Sunday, September 6 at 2pm. Tickets are just $75 for 8 courses paired with rare, artisan wines. Net proceeds to…
Posted by: Anthony Nicalo on Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
Categories: Worship | | No Comments »
Can I write about something that I haven’t actually experienced myself yet? Well, can I imagine living in a Gamma Issa House & be certain that life would constitute a daily source of solid satisfaction? I sure can.…
Posted by: Sylvia Zygalo on Saturday, August 29th, 2009
Categories: Worship | | No Comments »
Will you be in Vancouver on Sunday, Aug. 30 from 11 am to 5 pm?
Do you like to feast on salmon cooked by world-class chefs and the Canadian Barbecue Champion?
Posted by: James Sherrett on Saturday, August 29th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: BBQ, Pacific Salmon Foundation, pink salmon, PSF, Rockin' Ronnie Shewchuck, salmon | No Comments »
The next time you find yourself in Venice, think about splurging a little and have dinner at the wonderful Osteria Oliva Nera http://www.osteria-olivanera.com/. There are 2 restaurants, side-by-side, run by a husband…
Posted by: Denise Boyle on Friday, August 28th, 2009
Categories: Worship | | 3 Comments »
Before we get to the on-tap list this week, let’s talk about this Saturday’s First Annual Cask Crawl. I know the word ‘crawl’ brings up visions of busloads of university kids wearing plastic,…
Posted by: Jer Thorp on Thursday, August 27th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: alibi room, beer, brewing, cask conditioned, irish heather, R&B, six acres, steamworks | 3 Comments »
I’m not going to look at blueberries the same way ever again. I just learned how Naty King of Hazelmere Organics picks hers and now I’m afraid to eat anything else! Last night I was fortunate to have been…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: Andrea Carlson, Bishop's, Blueberries, Hazelmere Organics, John Bishop, Naty King, Pam Spencer, Producer's Dinner Series | No Comments »