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.
Two summers ago in 2010 it was a record year for the BC salmon run here, the best since 1913 apparently. 2010 was also my father’s seventieth birthday and my brother Nathan and I wanted to get him something that…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Monday, August 6th, 2012
Categories: Meditations | Tags: british columbia salmon run, butchers of gastown, fishing, sockeye salmon | No Comments »
The Butchers of Gastown (BOG) is all about sharing in the sourcing of a whole beast (or beasts), learning how to take them apart and then making a feast fit for kings with little to no waste. Sharing being the operative…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
Categories: Meditations | Tags: butchers of gastown, clams, crab, ethics, halibut, lobster, mussels, oysters, sablefish, Seafood, The Daily Catch, tuna, video | 1 Comment »
It has been awhile since I have written a post for Foodists. A bloody long time to be quite honest. Even as I write this I am searching my brain for some small scrap that I might throw you, dear reader, to justify this…
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Monday, August 1st, 2011
Categories: Meditations | Tags: butchers of gastown, clams, crab, ethics, halibut, lobster, mussels, oysters, sablefish, Seafood, The Daily Catch, tuna, video | 2 Comments »
Evan got the shanks, but we all left the Butchers of Gastown 2 with a little bit of lamb to cook up for ourselves. It actually only took me two days to recover from the lamb overdose that was our day of cutting and…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Monday, May 31st, 2010
Categories: Guidance | Tags: 100 mile diet, angus, arugula, butchers of gastown, lamb | 1 Comment »
Photo credit: Todd Smith It all started with a pig called Wanda. Then some members of the Foodists collective went on a road trip to Clinton, BC to pick out some lambs from Cutter Ranch. Now one of their fine animals has…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Friday, May 28th, 2010
Categories: Meditations | Tags: angus, angus II, angusII, butcher, butchers of gastown, butchery, cooking, Cutter Ranch, lamb, meat, video | 8 Comments »
I’ve never been one to have enough of anything so I pulled out one of my favorite dishes tonight for a friend and used the last bits of Angus (the star of our recent Butchers of Gastown event) in my fridge for a…
Posted by: Evan Leeson on Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
Categories: Guidance | Tags: angus, butchers of gastown, cous cous, lamb shanks, morocco, tagine, test | 1 Comment »