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How many pumpkin pie posts are too many? None I say! Especially when it’s Thanksgiving time again in Canada! A few years back I wrote about how I attempted to make pumpkin pie the old fashion way, and in the end…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, October 14th, 2014
Categories: Guidance | Tags: dessert, pie, pumpkin, pumpkin pie, recipe, thanksgiving | 1 Comment »
I thought I knew olive oil. In fact I’ve always sort been an olive oil snob, willing to pay extravagant prices for “the good stuff”, most often from Italy, Spain or Greece, but Famiglia Creanza Olive Oil…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, August 27th, 2013
Categories: Worship | Tags: GoVoluntouring, italy, Messors, olive oil, Puglia, recipe, Tonio Creanza | 13 Comments »
I was completely hooked the first time I tasted Jaew Bong and knew I had to figure out how to make it at home.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Sunday, May 12th, 2013
Categories: Guidance | Tags: dipping sauce, jaew, jeow, Laos, Luang Prabang, mark busse, recipe | 2 Comments »
Growing up in Ontario, my dad used to come back from wintertime east-coast work trips with a bag of frozen smelt, but I never really understood where they came from (river? ocean? lake?) or why they were so delicious.…
Posted by: Karen Pinchin on Monday, February 11th, 2013
Categories: Guidance | Tags: local food, preserving wild foods, recipe, salted smelt, smelt, sustainable | No Comments »
Our latest new contributors are Lauren Mote and Jonathan Chovancek who are the co-owners of Kale & Nori Culinary Arts, and makers of Bittered Sling Extracts. This holiday season a bunch of us asked Jonathan to cook…
Posted by: Lauren Jonathan on Friday, January 4th, 2013
Categories: Guidance | Tags: holidays, Jonathan Chovancek, Kale & Nori, Lauren Mote, recipe, Turchetta, turkey | 1 Comment »
The ‘heat’ referenced in the post title is as much about competition as it is about spice At Foodists, we get a fair amount of attention from PR people pitching all manner of restaurants, products, etc. As a…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Monday, December 17th, 2012
Categories: Meditations | Tags: asian cooking, Blue Dragon, brandade, charity, cod, recipe | 1 Comment »
My favourite part of the summer harvest season is eating through all of the different types of fruits. The beginning of summer (whether the Vancouver weather knows it or not) means strawberries in June, to be followed by…
Posted by: Brenda Lowe on Monday, September 3rd, 2012
Categories: Guidance | Tags: almonds, baking, Blueberries, butter, cake, dessert, Fruit, recipe | 3 Comments »
The vegetarian Punjabi dish chole bhature—curried chickpeas with fried bread—is one of the most popular breakfasts in North India. It’s not tough to understand why: It’s a spicy plate of legumes paired with puffy,…
Posted by: Laura Siciliano-Rosen on Sunday, January 8th, 2012
Categories: Guidance | Tags: Breakfast, chickpeas, chole bhature, curry, Delhi, dinner party, Indian food, recipe, Vegetarian | 2 Comments »
Today’s guest post is courtesy of Ana Simeon, who works as a communications coordinator for SeaChoice, Canada’s most comprehensive sustainable seafood program. Working in collaboration with the Monterey Bay…
Posted by: 1ndu3tr1@l on Friday, August 12th, 2011
Categories: Guidance | Tags: Ana Simeon, recipe, sardines, seachoice, Seafood Watch | 2 Comments »
Artichokes: the ubiquitous filler that’s served in spinach dips throughout sports bars and portion-cup restaurants everywhere; those cretaceous-looking flowers that could be Audrey’s evil offspring in the Little Shop…
Posted by: Gen Handley on Thursday, July 14th, 2011
Categories: Guidance | Tags: artichoke heart, artichokes, Gen Handley, Glen Valley Farms, interview, langley, recipe | 1 Comment »
Midsommar is one of the most important holidays in Sweden, second only to Christmas. Unlike the 2pm sunsets and sub zero temperatures in December, however, the Midsommar celebration is met with warm weather, lush…
Posted by: Katie Trant on Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
Categories: Meditations | Tags: cooking, grill, midsommar, polenta, recipe, Stockholm | 4 Comments »
Whether you’re celebrating Canada Day or the 4th of July, there’s something about this weekend that inspires people to gather together and celebrate over food (and fireworks). Pretty great holiday, right? So…
Posted by: Katie D'Amato on Monday, July 4th, 2011
Categories: Guidance | Tags: baking, cake, chocolate, Coca-Cola, recipe, Summer BBQ, Summer Picnic | No Comments »
Today, I’m feeling very official. It’s officially my first post as a Foodist contributor, it’s officially summer, and I’ve officially declared the Moscow Mule my new drink of choice! While it’s flavors…
Posted by: Katie D'Amato on Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
Categories: Guidance | Tags: cocktail, Ginger Beer, recipe, Seattle, vodka | 11 Comments »
Mark Busse told me on our first meeting that through a chain of events, he ended up with a whole bunch of original recipes directly given to him by Hervé This, the grandfather of molecular gastronomy. I was sufficiently…
Posted by: Pailin Chongchitnant on Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Crème Anglaise, Hervé This, molecular-gastronomy, poached pear, recipe | 2 Comments »
I hate feeling obligated or manipulated. Who doesn’t? And I refuse to write about anything on Foodists unless I genuinely enjoyed it or found it to be an interesting story or experience. Period. So when a packaged…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, June 13th, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: Chex, gluten, Muddy Buddies, recipe, snacks | 2 Comments »