Julie & Julia
If you love to cook, you must go see Julie & Julia. The film opened August 7th, and has been causing quite a stir among culinary adventurers. Meryl Streep’s…
Meditations - Enlightened gastronomic insights
VinoCamp & CheeseCamp 2009
Don’t forget that tomorrow, August 8th, is VinoCamp Vancouver 2009, with the first annual CheeseCamp! Various Foodists will be in the crowd at UBC’s Grad…
Things that happen when you bring a camera to a restaurant
The propensity to photograph my food has become less earnest over the years. Nowadays, I bring the camera out at restaurants that have already won me over after repeat…
Kate Zimmerman Hates Food Bloggers
I find Kate Zimmerman’s dismissal of food bloggers and social media not only distasteful, but confusing. What is she on about exactly? Food bloggers? Smart mobile…
Five asian snacks you should try
Snacking is a distant cousin to eating finely prepared meals and although it is seldom healthy, it is a characteristic of being a foodie that cannot be ignored and…
Making pizza with my daughter
When you only have one child everything is a learning curve. So, when I thought it was time for my 21 month old daughter to learn to cook, I really thought she was ready.…
Three New Foodists
Three new serious foodies with a penchant for ranting about culinary discoveries have joined the Foodists Collective. Michael Surtees is a New York-based graphic designer…
In The Kitchen: A Review
Ben has asked me to read “In the Kitchen” and share a review. Here are my first thoughts upon finishing it: Monica Ali is definitely a writer who’s seen the…
Fancy Fast Food (aka How to make McMeals marvelous!)
Stumbling upon the 2-month old website Fancy Fast Food, it felt like the naïve optimistic cousin of trailer trash relative, This Is Why You’re Fat, providing a…
Foodists brings you Barbecue Bootcamp
Rockin’ Ronnie Shewchuck is running a special version of his acclaimed BBQ Workshop for Foodists. Whether you are already well seasoned on the grill or afraid of…
Guidance - Recipes & tips that will convert you
Gluten free birthday delight
The other day was my wife’s birthday. As she only eats gluten free food and I did not have a lot of time to prepare dinner, baking a gluten free cake was out of the…
Mosaic, Bali – Salmon
Living on the pacific west coast i’ve been lucky to have had salmon in a variety of ways – as I’m sure most of you have. This salmon dish however, is like…
The Great Bucatini Adventure
Following my previous article on Terroni and the search for Vancouver restaurants that served bucatini all’amatriciana, my husband decided to make it himself. Joseph…
Best of both worlds
Growing up in the UK I ate a lot of meat. In fact each meal is planned around the choice of meat for that meal. Since living in Canada for the last ten years I have become…
Hot and Sour Soup – Matt style
I decided to make Hot & Sour soup for the first time last night with the aid of my new found friend ‘Asian Home Gourmet‘. I followed the recipe, but added…
Guinness Chocolate Cake
I’m always up for an adventure, especially when that adventure includes eating probably one of the best chocolate cakes I have ever had. I was very curious about…
Truffled Jiaozi: Pan-fried Pork & Veal Dumplings with Chinese Truffles
During our Foodists launch at South China Seas it was unanimous that Don and Joyce’s recipe for jiaozi with Chinese black truffles and ginger was the best we had…
Tamales Verdes de Pollo: Tamales with Chicken and Tomatillo Sauce
Another of the outstanding dishes we were served at our Foodists launch at South China Seas. I’ve had tamales, but seldom have they been as fresh as these. Don and…
Briouats: Moroccan Pastries with Chicken, Eggs and Preserved Lemons
Sorry for the delay in posting this recipe, one of the delicious items Don and Joyce served at our Foodists launch event at South China Seas. Briouats are a Moroccan dish…
Biscochitos
When I first tasted biscochitos my taste buds did a stadium wave, my eyes rolled back to get a better look at the pleasure center of my brain, and I was transformed into…
Worship - Feasting at the temples of others
The Ultimate Farmers Market
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…
Where to eat in Chicago?
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…
It’s Worth the Drive to Whistler!
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…
Pour for Four at Pourhouse
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…
All cocktails point to West.
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…
Rehanah’s Roti: A tasty traditional touch, from the Caribbean.
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.…
A New Yorker in BC
“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…
The Offal Truth
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…
Fare on the Square
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…
Italian Supper at UBC Farm
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…