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.
I was recently driving with some friends past the location of the old Park Royal Hotel in North Vancouver when a big grin crossed my face as we pulled up to the intersection of Marine Drive & Taylor Way.…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Sunday, July 3rd, 2011
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Astin Martin DB5, Frank Baker's Attic, memories, restaurant, smorgasbord | 35 Comments »
I was recently honoured to be invited to participate at a Rain City Chronicles event by telling a personal story that addressed the theme of “Recipe For…” along with fellow Foodists members Eagranie Yuh…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Sunday, May 15th, 2011
Categories: Meditations | Tags: grandma, grandmother, Gretna, Manitoba, mark busse, memories, Rain City Chronicles, recipes, stories, storytelling, vancouver | 9 Comments »
We’ve all heard stories about childhood food experiences, the memories of which scarred them for life. From my vegetarian friend’s story of eyeballs hanging from the eye sockets of a freshly clubbed, but still…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, April 3rd, 2010
Categories: Meditations | Tags: chicken, farm, lamb, meat, memories, murder, Uncle Henry, where food comes from | 4 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 »
This year we gave a Betty Crocker Easy Bake oven to our young niece Chloe, who has been baking cookies in it like a fiend ever since. A regular baker! And during the holidays my young nephew Landon and I spent some…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: cookies, Easy Bake, memories | 2 Comments »