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.
A quiet little pocket of Kitsilano sits along West 1st Ave between Burrard and Cypress, just off of the south end of the busy Burrard street bridge. It’s a beautiful area to explore by foot and just spend a few hours…
Posted by: Brenda Lowe on Thursday, June 6th, 2013
Categories: Worship | Tags: chocolate, Kitsilano, vancouver | 1 Comment »
People get wine, even if they don’t get wine. My parents proclaim Yellow Tail to be the best thing they’ve ever tasted, but even they understand that there’s a difference between Yellow Tail and…
Posted by: Eagranie Yuh on Thursday, May 10th, 2012
Categories: Guidance | Tags: chocolate, chocolate tasting, the well-tempered chocolatier, vancouver, xoxolat | 1 Comment »
Like many modern holidays, Valentines Day had sombre beginnings that have morphed into a celebration of the more happy things in life. Valentine’s Day was originally created to honour Christian martyrs that were named…
Posted by: Brenda Lowe on Monday, February 13th, 2012
Categories: Guidance | Tags: chocolate, dessert, movies, sweets, Valentines Day | No Comments »
Whether you’re celebrating Canada Day or the 4th of July, there’s something about this weekend that inspires people to gather together and celebrate over food (and fireworks). Pretty great holiday, right? So…
Posted by: Katie D'Amato on Monday, July 4th, 2011
Categories: Guidance | Tags: baking, cake, chocolate, Coca-Cola, recipe, Summer BBQ, Summer Picnic | 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 »
There are only a few artisan chocolate makers in North America making chocolate the way it should be; in small batches, made from organic beans purchased directly from the cocoa plantations. Soma, nestled in…
Posted by: Janeen Leynes on Sunday, May 1st, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: aleppo pepper, bar, chocolate, cocoa, dessert, distillery district, ruby red, soma, Toronto | No Comments »
Life is too short for bad chocolate. If you’ve always wondered what that percentage on the chocolate bar label actually meant, or whether buying Fair Trade chocolate makes a difference, or just want to learn more…
Posted by: Eagranie Yuh on Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
Categories: Meditations | Tags: chocolate, chocolate tasting, events, kafkas | 4 Comments »
On a recent quick visit to New York my husband and I were on a quest to eat as much as possible in the short time we were there. Here are a few of our favorites. Ed’s Lobster Bar in SOHO was the first place we went to…
Posted by: Helen Fernandes on Sunday, January 23rd, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: bagel, Brooklyn, cabbage, cabbage soup, chocolate, cream cheese, East Village, Ed's Lobster Bar, French fries, Gaspe Nova, hot chocolate, Jacques Torres, lobster, New York, pierogi, Russ and Daughters, sauerkraut, smoked fish, Soho, Ukrainian, Veselka | No Comments »
On a recent trip to Mexico we spent 10 days exploring the artisan culture and diverse traditional foodstuffs of Oaxaca. A must-do when visiting the land of seven moles is attending a cooking class. Author Susana Trilling…
Posted by: Laura Milligan on Thursday, January 20th, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: chocolate, cooking class, mexican, mezcal, mole, Oaxaca | No Comments »
Okay, so you didn’t get everything you wanted, got some cash and haven’t totally overdone it on baked goods. What to do? How about a copy of Bon Appetit’s latest tome, Desserts? Even if you don’t…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, December 28th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: Bon Appetit Desserts, chocolate, cookbook, dessert, speculaas, sweet tooth | 1 Comment »
Chocolate is one of the few foods we as humans will plan an entire festival around. It knows no boundaries. Despite its tiny geographical crop footprint, the cocao bean has penetrated every culture with its uniquely…
Posted by: Miles Harrison on Saturday, October 30th, 2010
Categories: Meditations | Tags: BC Chefs, Callebaut, chocolate, Chocolate Arts, festival, Greg Hook, Roadhouse, Rubens, tea, Thierry, vodka, West Coast Chocolate Festival | No Comments »
Today new contributor Laura Milligan posts in the the Foodists Guest column. Look for more from her soon. -Ed. Pastry chef Wendy Boys was a recent guest instructor at Edible BC’s Dinner Series, and she effortlessly…
Posted by: Laura Milligan on Monday, July 12th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: chocolate, Edible BC, guest | No Comments »
I’ve tasted a lot of chocolate. While I try to be objective, I definitely have my favourites. Over the past few years, I’ve had the opportunity to meet some of the chocolate makers behind my favourite bars.…
Posted by: Eagranie Yuh on Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
Categories: Meditations | Tags: amano, chocolate, claudio-corallo, patric, pralus, xoxolat | No Comments »
She sat alone draped in the seductive and warm ambience of the room. Outside the coziness of the café contrasted with slick wet streets and the bluish air of cold winter rain. Casting her eye back she nestled into her…
Posted by: Erin Mussolum on Friday, March 19th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: chocolate, cocoanymph, truffles | 3 Comments »
This post was supposed to be a review of the recent Night With Theo Chocolate event at The Refinery in Vancouver, but the event’s organizer and host Eagranie—a fellow Foodist—beat me to it, posting a terrific…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Sunday, December 6th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: chocolate, Eagranie Yuh, Foodists, inspiration, Theo Chocolate, Wine | 7 Comments »