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.
Foodtree and Urbandig are pumped to invite you to uncover unpretentious gourmet food in Vancouver during GROWconf. We’re completely certain that this will be the tastiest Day 3 GROWconf adventure, so grab one of the…
Posted by: Anthony Nicalo on Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: chinatown, event, food tour, Gastown, local food, locavore, Railtown | No Comments »
How often does a friend say to you, “Hold on, I want you to try this new brand of olive oil my friend is importing from Spain. It’s quite special, tell me what you think.” Well, that’s exactly what…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, August 5th, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: Cazorliva, Jaencoop, olive oil, spain, vancouver | 2 Comments »
Earth’s Own Almond Fresh – Chocolate Thanks to Foodtree and Earth’s Own we’ve received coupons to try a few non dairy products. If you’d like to try either of these for free (and/or original, vanilla or…
Posted by: Sylvia Rigakis on Thursday, July 28th, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: Almond Milk, Earth's Own, foodtree, non-dairy, So Nice, soy milk | 1 Comment »
BARCELONA – Stepping onto a plush red carpet initiates the superlative cocktail bar experience at 41°. However, immediately stopped at the luscious deep maroon velvet rope eagerness erodes while nerves steel in…
Posted by: Brett Macfarlane on Sunday, July 24th, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: adria, albert adria, Barcelona, cocktail, el bulli, Ferran Adria, molecular-gastronomy | 1 Comment »
As a fan of good, uncomplicated French food I’m always looking for it when I travel. Recently, in two places I would have never thought, I found some of the very best. In a two-part post I will tell you about each.…
Posted by: Helen Fernandes on Saturday, July 23rd, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: bistro, Chez Peres, Dijon mustard, eggs, french, Gruyere, Michigan, Patisserie Amie, ratatouille, Traverse City | 3 Comments »
New book of literary food writing offers a buffet of poetry, nonfiction and visual art.
Posted by: Alisa Gordaneer on Friday, July 15th, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: Crave It, food writing, literature, nonfiction, poetry | 2 Comments »
Pssst, hey, wanna eat at an underground restaurant? Okay, slip on this blindfold and follow me! Well, it’s not quite like that, but it is fun, kind of like a friendly dinner party where you pay the host, and sort of…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, July 7th, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: Chef Steve, NFA, secret dining, underground restaurants | No Comments »
I love chocolate (who doesn’t really?) and Ben frankly has an unhealthy obsession with the dark brown delights (you’d be well advised not to leave any quality chocolate goodies out if he’s around), so…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, June 27th, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: artisan, Ben Garfinkel, chocolate, cocoanymph, confections, mark busse, Rachel Sawatzky, vancouver | 1 Comment »
Last weekend Toronto was treated to 1000 tastes, a street food Festival on John Street in the heart of downtown. Some 20 or so restaurants lined the street with their booths offering a wide variety of tasty treats to the…
Posted by: Rob Davidson on Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: 1000 tastes, Chippy's, festival, Kho San Road, Street Food, Susar Lee | 2 Comments »
It was Easter weekend and our small group was heading to Las Vegas for some shopping, a Cirque show and general merriment. I volunteered to handle restaurant duty, knowing that there were so many incredible restaurants…
Posted by: Nancy Wu on Friday, June 17th, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: Bouchon, french, Las Vegas, Thomas Keller | 3 Comments »
I hate feeling obligated or manipulated. Who doesn’t? And I refuse to write about anything on Foodists unless I genuinely enjoyed it or found it to be an interesting story or experience. Period. So when a packaged…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, June 13th, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: Chex, gluten, Muddy Buddies, recipe, snacks | 2 Comments »
This past weekend I journeyed to the idyllic Quinte’s Isle, just East of Toronto, to (over) indulge my culinary passions at the first “Great Canadian Cheese Festival”. Despite the slightly cheesy sounding name,…
Posted by: Rob Davidson on Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: artisanal, beer, cheese, festival, Ontario, Wine | No Comments »
MARKET (by Jean-Georges) has always been more of a late-night favorite for me, but after taking a cruise through their brunch menu it seems likely I’ll be persuaded to adjust my schedule. From 11:30 AM until 3 PM,…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Monday, June 6th, 2011
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I am not one of those traveling foodists who makes reservations at all the top-tier restaurants in town when visiting a new city. In fact, I usually make none—when I travel these days, it’s to seek out a city’s most…
Posted by: Laura Siciliano-Rosen on Sunday, June 5th, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, england, historic food, London, review, The fat duck, traditional food, Travel | 6 Comments »
There are a couple of places in Vancouver that have managed to successfully transcend their tourist appeal and evolve to offer locals plenty of reasons to convene at. Then again, maybe their original success has simply…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: Bernard Casavant, Eating in BC, EBC, Edible British Columbia, Gastown, Granville Island Public Market, local food, Wild Apple Restaurant | 1 Comment »