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I come from a long line of people who cannot cook the appropriate amount of food. There is never too little – that’s for sure. I believe it is a genetic trait passed down from my parents. This was the case…
Posted by: Andrea Busse on Wednesday, June 6th, 2012
Categories: Guidance | Tags: cardamon, leftovers, pudding, rice | 4 Comments »
Handy, tasty and easy to prepare, the traditional Karelian Piirakkaa is a Finnish staple that’s like a bizarre cross between a sandwich and a pierogi.
Posted by: Alisa Gordaneer on Thursday, April 7th, 2011
Categories: Guidance | Tags: butter, eggs, filling, Finland., Finnish, Karelia, Karelian, mashed potato, perogy, pierogi, pies, piirakkaa, rice, rye flour, sandwich, traditional | 6 Comments »
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…
Posted by: Nancy Wu on Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: asian, BBQ pork, cha siu, chicken, chinese, chow mein, fish, Japan, MSG, noodle, prawns, ramen, rice, rice noodle, Richmond, Shanghai, soba, soup, spicy, tofu, tom yum, vancouver | 2 Comments »
The other day I was talking about regionalism in food and what determines what dishes get to represent a culture abroad. “Take Thai food,” I said, “Northern Thai cuisine is really quite different from…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Thursday, November 12th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: class, cooking, curry, Don Dickerson, duck, grilled beef salad, instruction, nam prik, Northern Thai, pork, relish, rice, South China Seas, thai, vancouver | No Comments »
There’s not many things that will get me to Kits on a fireworks night. Certainly not the fireworks. But we had a reservation at Maenam that I was not about to pass up. My sister and I loved Gastropod and I had heard…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Monday, August 17th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: cocktail, coconut, curry, duck, ginger, heat, lime, noodles, pad-thai, restaurant, review, rice, rice pudding, sausage, spicy | 3 Comments »
Growing up on the Canadian prairies in the ’70s, rice came from a “Minute” emblazoned red box, into to the pot and then the table in five minutes, only to be re-soaked in the sauce equivalent of Alberta…
Posted by: Evan Leeson on Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: crust, golden, iran, Persian, pot, precision, rice, tah-dig, tahdig, technique | 4 Comments »
My friend Jamie Kelley has repeatedly said that he’d love to come over and make me his ultimate version of paella, a delicious rice dish originating from Spain. Served in a paellera (a round shallow pan made of polished…
Posted by: Nancy Wu on Monday, June 1st, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: chicken, chorizo, Fisherman's Wharf, mussels, Oyama Sausage Company, paella, Pepitas, rice, Seafood, shrimp, spain, Spices, spicy, squid, Vegetables | 4 Comments »
Foodists, foodie….whatever you wanna be called, it’s people who love food. Really love it. They can have long conversations criticizing, rhapsodizing and just plain obsessing about it. Sound familiar? On one of my…
Posted by: Nancy Wu on Friday, May 29th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: China, Diary of a Foodie, drunken chicken, dumplings, fatty pork, food, foodie, foodist, glutinous rice, Gourmet, italy, James Beard, Jose Andres, leaves, New Zealand, olive oil, Oro Liquido, Parmigiano-Reggiano, public television, rice, series, spain, sugar, television, Travel, WGBH, zongzi | 2 Comments »
Is it going overboard, frustrated food stylist-wannabe or just very VERY creative parents? A fun gallery of extraordinary bento or lunch packs that make you feel like a slacker for having a process bologna sandwich on…
Posted by: Nancy Wu on Monday, January 5th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: bento, bread, cheese, cookies, creative, eggs, Ghibli, Japanese, lotus root, lunch, luncheon meat, meat, meatballs, Miyazaki, nori, onigiri, rice, seaweed | 8 Comments »
My family and I enjoyed 2 weeks in Tokyo & Nagano this October which turned out to be a repeat of a humid summer I once had as a kid. As usual, we had amazing food experiences. Some were comfortable flavors from past…
Posted by: Nancy Wu on Saturday, November 15th, 2008
Categories: Meditations | Tags: asian, food, Japan, onigiri, rice, sushi, Tokyo, Travel | No Comments »
Thanksgiving is almost upon us and it’s time to start the menu planning and shopping. But once you’ve got your turkey and stuffing, what else will fill your plate? I’m a fan of riced potatoes, green…
Posted by: Alexa Clark on Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: appetizer, bean, dessert, list, potatoes, rice, side dish, thanksgiving | No Comments »
On a recent business trip to Miami, I made sure to sample some Cuban food — something that we don’t find often here in Vancouver. I’ve never eaten so much meat, beans, rice and plantains in my life!
Posted by: Erin Kampf on Sunday, February 4th, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: bean, Cuban, David's Cafe II, Florida, Latin American, Miami, plantain, rice | 2 Comments »
This is a special Cambodian dessert dish we were served at Phnom Penh restaurant in Vancouver (they think I’m a famous local chef and always spend extra attention – it’s funny). This chewy, sweet dessert…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, May 12th, 2006
Categories: Guidance | Tags: Cambodia, dessert, Phnom Penh, rice, vancouver | 2 Comments »
Had some of my foodie peeps over for dinner a while back, and for one of the courses I threw a little shitaki mushroom risotto together for them. Okay, I didn’t exactly throw it together, I’d been planning on…
Posted by: Colin Coutts on Friday, March 31st, 2006
Categories: Guidance | Tags: David Haw, mushroom, recipe, rice, Risotto, vancouver, West | No Comments »