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.
(OK the title doesn’t quite make sense but I’m still going with it.) When I was back in Iowa for a few weeks this September, a story in the Des Moines Register about a local pig farmer doing some pretty out…
Posted by: Sarah Reinertsen on Tuesday, October 16th, 2012
Categories: Worship | Tags: Cochon 555, farming, heritage breeds, Hydroponics, organic, Rustik Rooster, sustainable, Swabian Hall | 1 Comment »
When it comes to farm-to-table food in Ohio, no one does it better than Heather Haviland at Lucky’s Café in Cleveland. In 2003 Chef Haviland started a small baking business inside a then coffee shop. In 2006 she bought…
Posted by: Helen Fernandes on Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: apple, bake, biscuits, Breakfast, butt, Cleveland, compote, cream, farm, fresh, garden, ginger, gravy, Heather Haviland, honey, Lucky's Cafe, Midwest, Ohio, organic, pork, sausage, scallions, Tremont, waffles | 1 Comment »
Commercial Drive is one of the best food shopping neighbourhoods in Vancouver – I know people who come here regularly from other parts of town to take advantage of the prices and the great variety. There are numerous…
Posted by: Denise Boyle on Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
Categories: Meditations | Tags: butcher, commercial dr, meat, neighbourhood, organic, ranch, shopping, sustainable, vancouver | 6 Comments »
My love for Mexican cuisine started at the tender age of 17, when en route to Mazatlan, we stopped at a remote village somewhere just west of Torreón and entered a ramshackle hut where, amidst the dust of the road, I was…
Posted by: Jules Morgan on Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: mexican, mexican-food, organic, san francisco, sustainability, the mission district, vegan | 5 Comments »
Seared Tenderloin with braised spinach, tomato confit, tomato powder and peanut veloute. This lovely looking dish is actually death on a plate. In the past year there have been massive recalls of spinach, tomatoes, beef…
Posted by: Anthony Nicalo on Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
Categories: Meditations | Tags: fair trade, food safety, health, obesity, organic, provenance, sustainability | 2 Comments »
Amidst all of the Winter Olympic frenzy, another piece of culinary artistry has risen in Vancouver—specifically at the Fairmont Pacific Rim. The vibrant Oru Restaurant is described as “pan-Asian” cuisine but is…
Posted by: Nancy Wu on Friday, February 26th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: Chef's Table, chinese, David Wong, Fairmont Pacific Rim, indian, Japanese, Joseph Wu, Korean, ocean wise, organic, origami, Oru, pan-Asian, vancouver, Vietnamese | 2 Comments »
As an amateur chef, I enjoy a good challenge. Over the years, I’ve tackled quite a few of them – a flakey pie crust, an authentic bolognese, a delicate tamago-dofu. All of those adventures, though, now seem…
Posted by: Jer Thorp on Saturday, October 3rd, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: baking, bread, DIY, flour, instruction, organic, sourdough, strathcona | 12 Comments »
This is my first post on foodists.ca so if you are interested, a little bit about me. I come from farmers. Unknown generations of them. As far back as our genealogy has been compiled, there are farmers and ranchers.…
Posted by: Evan Leeson on Tuesday, May 12th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: family, food, history, local, motivation, organic, provenance, tradition | No Comments »
What would you do with a brewery in Bavaria? I suspect if you asked a thousand people this question, 999 of them would answer in the same way: “I’d brew beer!”. Dieter Liepold, though, is not one to run…
Posted by: Jer Thorp on Thursday, March 12th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: beverage, brewed, drink, German, herbal, lemonade, organic | No Comments »
I didn’t think much of organic food when I first heard about it, thinking it was just for treehuggers or my sandal-lovin pals in Saanich. I was mistaken. It’s what REAL food should taste like but doesn’t…
Posted by: Nancy Wu on Monday, December 1st, 2008
Categories: Worship | Tags: bread, Breakfast, brunch, fresh, Kitsilano, local, lunch, organic, pies, review, Salad, sausage, seasonal, vancouver | 1 Comment »
Organic. Sustainable. All natural. Renewable. Green. Terms bandied about casually these days–especially in food circles–but what does an environmentally responsible approach to beer making mean? For Brooklyn Brewery…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: ale, beer, Brooklyn Brewery, drink, natural, New Jersey, organic, sustainable | 1 Comment »