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.
Just below Market St. and toward the rough part of downtown there stands a tall blue monolith called the Hotel Intercontinental San Francisco. Leaving Moscone Centre I was inexplicably drawn toward it like some Lapis…
Posted by: Evan Leeson on Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: beets, provenance, terroir | 1 Comment »
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 »
Some of you know that my 2010 resolution is to not eat or drink anything of which I don’t know the origins. It is a ton of research. It seems impossible to eat at a restaurant- yes, the best ones know most of their…
Posted by: Anthony Nicalo on Friday, January 15th, 2010
Categories: Meditations | Tags: food origins, provenance | No Comments »
We had a nice little dinner of Braised Venison with Pureed Squash and Cranberry-Red Wine Jus. A request for Yorkshire Pudding from Sarah reminded me I had just found my grandmother’s recipe for it. To make it work…
Posted by: Anthony Nicalo on Friday, January 15th, 2010
Categories: Guidance | Tags: provenance, venison, yorkshire pudding | 3 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 »
Where does your food come? More importantly, why should you care? With labels being greenwashed more than ever, it’s hard to wade through the sea of information and figure out what’s true and what’s…
Posted by: Eagranie Yuh on Monday, April 13th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: events, farmstead, provenance, vancouver | No Comments »