Is it wrong to want to steal another mans sausage?
I pride myself that I have never stolen anything in my whole life. But every morning as I walk my daughter to daycare I pass a house and see sausages just hanging outside…
Meditations - Enlightened gastronomic insights
Where’s Perry?
I first heard of Perry while watching a great little show from the UK called ‘Oz and James Drink to Britain‘ where they try to find the one true drink that…
The Lemon Meringue Tart From Hell
French lemon tart is, naturally, more complicated than your average lemon tart. It’s a four-component dessert: sweet dough, almond cream, lemon custard, Italian…
Beets’n’Blue
I was walking by beautiful bunches of organic young golden beets when a stark realization hit me that I’d never cooked beets. Ashamed of myself, being a foodist and all,…
Used Cookbook Haul
Yesterday I wandered the rainy streets of Kits sipping my first taste of Thomas Haas chocolate and ended up at the Salvation Army. I always look for used cookbooks that…
Dave’s Vancouver Beer Guide 2010
It started innocently enough. “Who owns Okanagan Spring Brewing?” asked my wife one evening last week. “Sleeman, I think.” But then I…
Ready, Set…Drink
Not too long ago we received an unsolicited copy of the book Drinking Vancouver, 100 Great Bars in the City and Beyond by travel writer John Lee. As far as credentials go,…
Home is where the food is
I can’t count the times I’ve heard Mark say, “There’s something about being creative and loving food that goes hand-in-hand.” On top of that,…
Eating Provenance- My family’s “weird diet”
Some of you know that my 2010 resolution is to not eat or drink anything of which I don’t know the origins. It is a ton of research. It seems impossible to eat at a…
The Eternal Yogurt
When I found out how to make my own yogurt, I got excited. Not so much about the making of the yogurt, but more about the idea that my first batch will continue to breed…
Guidance - Recipes & tips that will convert you
Personal Consumption: the last days of 2009
December 29th, 2009 We stopped in at Whole Foods this morning which is always good for a little culinary inspiration. Picked up some red and green kale, 2 beets –one…
Much ado about recipes
I’m facing a dilemma I’ve faced several times before. What to do about recipes? We don’t focus on churning out lots of start-to-finish recipes here on…
Honey, You’re My Favourite
I once entered an essay competition where I was to talk about my favourite ingredient (as if that was possible to choose), and then attach a recipe featuring it. I easily…
Weeknight Cooking
I recently participated in an email recipe exchange. The idea was to send one person a quick and easy recipe involving ingredients you might have on hand, or…
Raise a Glass at HopScotch
Forget raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, a few of my favorite things are bourbon, single malt and beer. And by a stroke of hoppy, malty, genius, all three are on…
Not Just a Stew
Have you ever been in a situation where you don’t know what to make for dinner, so you resort to something basic and generic that you’ve made a million times before,…
Roasted Fennel and Anchovies on Rosemary Polenta
Fellow Foodist, Anthony Nicalo invited a houseful of rowdy food lovers to his American Thanksgiving dinner. In preparation for the evening, he slaughtered a 200 lb pig two…
Stilton & Bacon Cheesecake
Recently, a friend invited me to a bacon-themed potluck which he dubbed Baconstraveganza. My contribution was a Stilton & Bacon Cheesecake from a recipe I found on…
Crush at Cornucopia
Definitions of Crush: 1. To extract or obtain (juice) by pressing or squeezing (grapes). 2. a great crowd. 3. (slang) an object of one’s affection. 4.…
Cornucopia; the Sessions
Cornucopia is billed as Whistler’s celebration of wine and food and while there was certainly some celebrating happening in the tradional style, at parties (more on…
Worship - Feasting at the temples of others
May is Asian Heritage Month at Wild Rice
Maybe your comfort food is macaroni and cheese, maybe it’s tomato soup. For Andrew Wong, the owner of Vancouver’s esteemed Wild Rice, it’s congee and sui…
Terroir Evocation
Just below Market St. and toward the rough part of downtown there stands a tall blue monolith called the Hotel Intercontinental San Francisco. Leaving Moscone Centre I was…
Here Piggy, Piggy, Piggy!
I don’t know if you’re like me, but if you are then you love pork. When I heard that Refuel was offering up a family style, late night, all-you-can-eat…
Eating my way through my birthday
This year I decided to eat my way through my birthday, dedicating and bookending a day with the best food Vancouver has to offer!!! I started the day with a gorgeous…
This Ain’t No Fairy Tale: Little Red Riding Hood 2.0
Introducing the Foodists Guest Contributor column. This space will regularly feature travelers, subject matter experts and people we generally like. Today Annika…
Vancouver Craft Beer Week
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…
Chinese Restaurant Awards
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…
Wine Is The Glue That Binds: Banée 2010
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…
New Orleans Adventures: Café du Monde
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…
New Orleans Adventures: Acme Oysters
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…