Tag Results

Salmon Days – Haida Gwaii Chinook

Our newest guest contributor is Chad Brealey – outdoorsman, conservationist, food lover, writer and actor. Chad has recently created Salt, Fresh & Field – a broadcast television and online program borne from…

Read More

Posted by: on Sunday, April 10th, 2011
Categories: Guidance | Tags: , , , , | 2 Comments »

Oodles and oodles of noodles

Guest writer: Joseph Wu (origami expert, noodle nut, and husband to regular Foodist contributor, Nancy Wu) When Nancy was invited to participate in Tourism Richmond’s Noodle-Mania event, she immediately asked if I…

Read More

Posted by: on Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments »

Steveston’s Tapenade

I’ve always thought of Steveston as the land of fish and chips. The seaside town they forgot to close down that was perfect for a sunset summer motorcycle ride with a greasy dinner at the end of it. The trouble is,…

Read More

Posted by: on Wednesday, November 24th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

Catch Your Own: Sockeye Fishing on the Fraser

Sockeye salmon have been returning to the Fraser River in record numbers this year – the largest run in almost one hundred years – and while outdoorsy sports news is usually the type of information that makes…

Read More

Posted by: on Friday, September 3rd, 2010
Categories: Guidance | Tags: , , , , , | 10 Comments »

Something Fishy at Provence Marinaside

An experienced food writer friend once warned me to be suspicious of invitations from restaurants whenever a *free* meal was involved, explaining how difficult he found it to write objective and credible accounts of the…

Read More

Posted by: on Saturday, April 3rd, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: , , , , , , , | 2 Comments »

Is Sustainable Seafood a Myth?

Last spring, while in Tokyo, I made an early-morning trip to the famous Tsukiji fish market. It was meant to be a pilgrimage of sorts but ended up being an unsettling experience. I’ve thought a lot over the last…

Read More

Posted by: on Friday, July 10th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: , , , | 11 Comments »

Campagnolo

It goes without saying that it will rain the day after you take your umbrella out of your purse and by the same token, I should have known that a trendy, tasty Italian restaurant would open up in the culinary dead-zone…

Read More

Posted by: on Monday, January 26th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments »

Chinese wedding banquets

Last weekend, I went to a Chinese wedding banquet. If you’ve never been, you should try to wrangle yourself an invitation to eat the twelve-course meal. You read right, it’s a twelve-course meal. We had:…

Read More

Posted by: on Monday, January 12th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: , , , , , | 2 Comments »

Nice Feesh!

It doesn’t happen always, but every summer my pals Owen, Clint and I try to get out to Sooke on Vancouver Island and go fishing for some salmon. Last week it all came together, and with wives and girlfriends along,…

Read More

Posted by: on Friday, August 25th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: , , , , , | No Comments »

Dining with Dogs on the Dalmation Coast

When having dinner in the South of Croatia, it’s not uncommon to find yourself in the company of a four-legged friend. On this particular night in Hvar Town, I sat down with a Weimaraner and enjoyed a particularly…

Read More

Posted by: on Thursday, April 27th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: , , , , | 2 Comments »

I Heart Malaysian Food

A little while ago I was researching Ikan Bakar (grilled fish) online and came across this most fantastic blog, Masak-Masak. Boo_licious, as she dubs herself, lives in Kay-El, Malaysia and takes every opportunity to…

Read More

Posted by: on Wednesday, April 26th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

Ikan Bakar (BBQ Fish)

INGREDIENTS : 4 small or 2 medium-sized Mackerels – kept whole and cleaned 1 cup coconut milk 1 tbsp sugar juice of 1 lemon salt 3-4 fresh limau kasturi (kalamansi limes), cut into halves (Substitute: kaffir lime…

Read More

Posted by: on Monday, September 26th, 2005
Categories: Meditations | Tags: , , , , | 1 Comment »

??