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.
Labour Day long weekend is around the corner, signalling the end of summer 2012. Vacations are ending, kids are back to school, and it’s time to get back into routines again. And for many that means reconsidering…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, August 15th, 2012
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Breakfast, cereal, contest, granola, Love Crunch, summer | 8 Comments »
I think my mother once tried to serve us muesli when we were kids. This was back in the day when Cheerios and milk was our standard and anything else for breakfast was considered sacrilege. You want me to put yogurt in…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Monday, June 4th, 2012
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Breakfast, contest, Dorset cereal, muesli | 13 Comments »
Maybe you caught the Q&A with Roger Mooking on this recent post, or the latest video in which Mark and Ben interview him in our favourite underground sausage making facility, D-Original? Well, if either of those leave…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
Categories: Meditations | Tags: contest, cookbook, D-Original Sausage, everyday exotic, Roger Mooking, video | 2 Comments »
You’re either a wine person or you’re going to be one. When you start out, you might be less inclined to spend the big money on a single bottle of wine because, well, you don’t get what makes a wine…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, November 17th, 2011
Categories: Meditations | Tags: contest, Natalie MacLean, Wine, wine bargain | 7 Comments »
Last week the Dirty Apron cooking school was filled with the smell of chilies, beef and a little friendly fire. The Zantac Chili Challenge semi-finals were on and three competitors were on hand to prepare their special…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Friday, January 28th, 2011
Categories: Guidance | Tags: Anthony Sedlak, chili, chili con carne, competition, contest, Dirty Apron | No Comments »
Enter the Ryza Prize Pack Contest by adding a comment to this post making suggestion of things to make with Ryza Rice Milk. Draw on Thursday Oct 14th.
Posted by: Alexa Clark on Monday, October 4th, 2010
Categories: Meditations | Tags: contest, gluten free, rice milk, ryza, Vegetarian | 24 Comments »
Not that I have a whole lot of time for reading these days, when I do, I’ll often grab something food related. So last night I cracked the cover on acclaimed blogger Molly Wizenberg’s book, A Homemade Life. So…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
Categories: Meditations | Tags: barbara jo's cooks to book, contest, homemade life, Julia Child, julie & julia, julie powell, molly wizenberg | 10 Comments »
This photos is courtesy of Ted Reader. He didn’t take it, I did. It’s the perfectly anal stack of burgers I formed after being inspired by my recent conversation with Ted, and following a read of his book,…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
Categories: Meditations | Tags: burgers, contest, gourmet burgers, napoleon grills, Ted Reader | 3 Comments »
The BC Hospitality Expo last month had the usual assortment of entertainment accoutrements, but we were there to judge one half of the Sortilège Cup. Hosted by Nons Drinks, this was a battle between the sexes to see who…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Monday, December 14th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: alcohol, bartending, contest, cup, expo, liquor, sortilege, spirits | No Comments »
With vegetarianism practically a sacrilege amongst our collective (don’t even mention it in front of some), and vegan being the dirtiest five-letter word around these parts, it might seem odd that we’re…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Monday, December 7th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: contest, cookbook, moosewood restaurant, vegan, Vegetarian | 13 Comments »
This month’s contest prize is a copy of author, farmer, and slow food activist David Mas Masumoto‘s latest book Wisdom of the Last Farmer: Harvesting Legacies from the Land. (Free Press/Simon and Schuster, 288…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, September 19th, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: book, contest, David Mas Masumoto, farming, memories, Wisdom of the last Farmer | 5 Comments »
New York Times bestselling author of How to Cook Everything is back with his latest book, Kitchen Express and we have a copy to give away (details at the end of this post)! I got a little excited when perusing the pages…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, July 16th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: contest, cookbook, easy recipes, How to Cook Everything, Kitchen Express, Mark Bittman, seasonal eating | 16 Comments »
We just received a couple copies of a new book by Monica Ali titled In the Kitchen. I’m just reading it now, so stay tuned for a review, and we’re giving the other one away! Coincidentally, the title is the…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Anthony-Bourdain, Bill Buford, contest, heat, In the Kitchen, Julia Child, Kitchen Confidential, Monica Ali, My Life in France | 16 Comments »
As many of you know cooking with fire and beer are 2 of my favourite things, especially when they come together. So I was a little too excited to be asked to judge the Rickard’s Griller of Glory BBQ cook off…
Posted by: Alexa Clark on Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Categories: Guidance | Tags: BBQ, contest | No Comments »