Hone Your Food Photography Skills
Are you one of those people who brings out the camera at dinner, not to photograph your dining companions, but to capture the gorgeous food on your plate? We’ve all…
Meditations - Enlightened gastronomic insights
Show me a world with no cheese
I know, I know, what type of person doesn’t like cheese? More so, what type of Foodist doesn’t like cheese? To answer such a mind boggling question (without…
Cutter Ranch Lamb – the first taste
After filling my freezer with my recent lamb delivery from Cutter Ranch it came time to cook my first meal. Kept it real simple. Tossed the lamb, potatoes and zucchini in…
Great food packaging
Came across the company Migros today and just love the packaging. Their corporate site shows the whole selection. The consistency, simplicity and subtle humour of the design is wonderful.
Fiery sausage love
Dynamic and different sausage packaging from Russia. The comments on the site are a good read, some think it is great and others find it artificial. Personally I am in…
Must must must have Momofuku.
BBQ Pork buns. I grew up with them; my mom was the master of making them from scratch. I always thought hers was the best. That was until I started soliciting ideas of…
Defending In Defense of Food
I often fail to finish reading a book because of I have an attention span of a pigeon, and I get so overly excited about a new book that I jump onto it forgetting that the…
Ube Ice Cream: It’s Purple & Delicious
I’m what you might call an ice cream fanatic and despite being lactose intolerant, I will never turn a scoop of it down. I’m also an Ube fanatic and for those of you…
Your dirty little secrets, please.
Ok, Foodists, time to tell all. Time to lift the veil, pull back the curtain and open the kimono. What’s your favorite secret cheat in the kitchen? What’s that…
Miracle Fruit: Turn Lemons Into Lemonade
“Hey, do you want to take a flavour trip?” What started as a pretty normal Sunday afternoon quickly became a mind-bending taste excursion featuring the…
Guidance - Recipes & tips that will convert you
A Tale of Two Tacos
Night one: I had been marinating my large (2” thick) pork chop in a marinade I had made earlier. The marinade was made from Salsa, ketchup, balsamic vinegar, soy sauce,…
A Home-Cooked Spanish Fiesta
I keep telling people I want to move to Spain, and my friends, knowing I love both cooking and books, keep giving me Spanish cookbooks. At some point I realized that I had…
Avocado, Cocoa & Blueberry Pudding
Photo courtesy of Raw Roxy Supplies In adoration of the avocado, surfaces yet another recipe, sourced in reason of attempting to mimic a dessert manifesting a resemblance…
Tomato & Pancetta Pasta
As much as I enjoy spending multiple hours preparing dinner, sometimes that’s not possible and the exploration of the “15 minute dinner” is equally as…
Extreme Makeover: Trifle by Error
For some people, the oven can appear to be an intimidating beast. Often, it’s easier to remain an armchair cook, salivating over recipes that may never see the light…
Limoncello is Italian for “Lemony Goodness”
When it’s this hot out, one of my favorite patio drinks is limoncello with vodka, crushed ice, fresh mint and soda. It’s so refreshing and delicious and goes…
BBQ BootCamp
Photo credit: Steve Mynett It was suggested, almost at the beginning of the Foodists BBQ Bootcamp put on by Rockin’ Ronnie Shewchuk, that anyone who didn’t…
Chilled Avocado, Fennel & Mint Soup
Minus the optional yogurt in this recipe (which I have added solely for your taste) my current diet is severely restricted as I have somehow subjected myself to another…
The Holy Quest for the Perfect Tah-dig
Growing up on the Canadian prairies in the ’70s, rice came from a “Minute” emblazoned red box, into to the pot and then the table in five minutes, only…
Strawberry-Rhubarb Jam
2kg Fresh strawberries 24 stalks Rhubarb 4 oz water 250g Caster Sugar 250g Honey 250g Brown Sugar Juice of one lemon 500ml liquid pectin Yield: Sixteen 250ml jars Chop…
Worship - Feasting at the temples of others
The French Laundry
Costco is not something that one would normally think of as being associated with The French Laundry but it was there that I had my first encounter with the famous…
Crawdads and the South: a foodist in Mississippi.
I don’t think I’ve been called “child” since I as twelve. Add the word “precious” to “child” and that is how this little Canadian was referred to…
Oru Restaurant: pan-Asian perfection
Amidst all of the Winter Olympic frenzy, another piece of culinary artistry has risen in Vancouver—specifically at the Fairmont Pacific Rim. The vibrant Oru Restaurant…
Dougie Dog Street Meat
There’s a new dog in town, just in time for the Olympics. For the roving hordes on Granville Street who don’t want slices of pizza, there’s now Dougie…
Poppy Hill Cabernet Sauvignon 2005
Without diving too deeply into the political dramatics of the wine industry in British Columbia, our wines are savagely subjected to a 126% tax. This makes it difficult…
Tacos Guaymas – Another Roadside Attraction
I’m not really a fan of junk food – or “road food” as Tom Robbins calls it in Another Roadside Attraction – which makes heading out on a road trip somewhat less…
Designer Eating in Vancouver
Travel is often defined by memories of food. Perhaps it’s the multi-sensory aspect of the experience, but it’s often the meals and snacks we try when on an…
Simply French
The marquee at 3742 West 10th Avenue says it all – “Simply French”. The classic yet down-to-earth feel of Vancouver’s newest European inspired café offers…
Discoveries and Destruction in East Van
Last week was filled with food experiences for me. Some good, some rather horrible. I will briefly describe two for you. Discovery A few weeks ago, food writer Alexandra…
Brunch of Champions
Sometimes you want eggs for brunch and sometimes you want the kind of brunch that goes on for hours and involves special tools, a leg of decadent Jamón ibérico.…