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.
Growing up in North Vancouver, Michael Cober recalls being fascinated by watching bees working in the hives his father kept. “My love of beekeeping is about not just getting outside and being in nature but participating…
Posted by: Sylvia Rigakis on Friday, March 14th, 2014
Categories: Worship | Tags: bees, honey, infused, Scotch | 6 Comments »
What’s Robbie Burns day without haggis? If you can’t have haggis, you at least need whisky. I’m a traditionalist, so I like to do both if I can and I wrote about the whisky yesterday. Robbie Burns Day is…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
Categories: Guidance | Tags: culture, haggis, holiday, potato, Scotch | 1 Comment »
When I was young, Robbie Burns Day meant highland dancing in some sort of festival, but now that I know better, it has come to mean whisky. Robbie Burns day is the closest thing to a Scotch national holiday and while…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Monday, February 1st, 2010
Categories: Guidance | Tags: holiday, Scotch, shebeen, whiskey, whisky | No Comments »
Forget raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, a few of my favorite things are bourbon, single malt and beer. And by a stroke of hoppy, malty, genius, all three are on offer at Hopscotch, Vancouver’s beer and…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Saturday, December 12th, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: alcohol, beer, event, Scotch, spirits, vancouver, whiskey, whisky | 3 Comments »
I have a confession to make. I don’t like chocolate all that much. I don’t hate it and I’ve certainly been known to have a square of cacao or two with my espresso, but the excitement of going to a…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: alcohol, cacao, chocolate, festival, liquor, pairing, Scotch, single malt, vancouver, wccf, wccf09, whiskey, whisky | 2 Comments »
I’m not a scotch drinker but this Macallan Maple Scotch is seriously delicious! It’s a sweet single malt scotch whiskey that is flavoured with maple and pecans. It’s a great after dinner drink and…
Posted by: Lisa Nakamura on Saturday, January 31st, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Macallan, maple, Scotch, whiskey | 1 Comment »