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.
There are only three things you can do in Singapore; the first is to go shopping, the second is to wait for the rain to stop, and the third is to get hammered on girly drinks at the Raffles Hotel. Why the Raffles Hotel?…
Posted by: Stephanie Co & Todd Smith on Sunday, June 17th, 2007
Categories: Guidance | Tags: drink, Raffles Hotel, recipe, Singapore-sling, Travel | 2 Comments »
Pad Thai is one of those dishes that I have tried and tried to recreate, but have rarely had much luck with. Even in restaurants here, it’s usually not that great. You realize this especially if you’ve been…
Posted by: Denise Boyle on Wednesday, June 13th, 2007
Categories: Guidance | Tags: pad-thai, recipe, Street Food, thai, Travel, Vegetarian | 15 Comments »
It’s late and I’m writing this from our small room on a goose farm in a tiny town called Veyssiéres just east of Sarlat La Canéda. This is our second to last day in the area of France known as Perigord, land…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Monday, May 21st, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: duck, duck-confit, foie-gras, France, gisiers, goose_farm, Limousine, Travel | No Comments »
Well, here we are in the land of cheese and wine and what do I chose to write about? Nougat. Yes, the other day we hit the Bastille Market and lo and behold the first stall we come upon is filled with every type of French…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, May 16th, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: bastille-market, calissons_d_aix, Desserts, nougat, paris, Travel | 3 Comments »
My brother Keith told us about this cool restaurant in Chicago, so when we planned a trip to the windy city, I was excited to make a reservation at Moto. Keith had a great experience here and said that the chef “had…
Posted by: Andrea Busse on Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007
Categories: Worship | Tags: Chicago, molecular-gastronomy, Moto, restaurant, review, Travel | 6 Comments »
My wife and I are off to France for two weeks starting May 10th. Before we go if you have any great places, particularly food and wine related, let me know! I’d love to hit some off-the-beaten path culinary treasures.
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, May 1st, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: culinary_treasures, France, off_the_beaten_path, Travel | No Comments »
Two months ago if anyone asked who Jollibee was I would have wondered what they were talking about, but this polite gent has become a mainstay in my daily Filipino dining. I remember quite well after touching down in…
Posted by: Stephanie Co & Todd Smith on Sunday, April 22nd, 2007
Categories: Worship | Tags: burger steak, fast food culture, filipino, Jollibee, joy, Travel | 4 Comments »
Over the past two weeks I’ve been enjoying the life of a King, consuming every known Filipino dish in large quantity and still leaving food on my plate. What is common here is amazing to me, I could well imagine North…
Posted by: Stephanie Co & Todd Smith on Friday, April 6th, 2007
Categories: Worship | Tags: cassava, filipino, kalamansi, pomelo, Seafood, Travel | No Comments »
I’ve always loved chicken pot and other meat pies. Not that I’m sure why although I am about one quarter British once removed, and the Tudors were renouned for their roasted meats and meat pies in particular.…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, March 23rd, 2007
Categories: Guidance | Tags: chicken-pot-pie, duck-shank-pie, hampton-court-palace, meat, meat-pies, pilchards, stargazer, Travel, tudor, tudors | 8 Comments »
If you enjoy BC wines and also tend to travel to the US, you’ll know that it’s rare to see anything from BC on a wine list south of the border. And if you do find one, it’s bound to be an ice wine.…
Posted by: Erin Kampf on Sunday, February 4th, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Florida, Miami, Okanagan, Travel, vineyard, Wine | 1 Comment »
Since we’ve already told you about Dine Out Vancouver and Toronto’s Winterlicious, I thought we might as well add Ottawa’s Taste of Winterlude to the mix. Taste of Winterlude starts January 19 and runs…
Posted by: Alexa Clark on Friday, January 19th, 2007
Categories: Worship | Tags: canada, Ottawa, suggestions, Travel | No Comments »
If you are in Toronto between January 26 and February 8, 2007, make sure to check out Winterlicious. Probably the most popular part of Toronto’s WinterCity festival, 130 restaurants will be offering Winterlicious…
Posted by: Alexa Clark on Friday, January 5th, 2007
Categories: Worship | Tags: canada, suggestions, Toronto, Travel | No Comments »
I’m headed to San Francisco for the weekend. I know it is somewhat of a mecca for foodies in North America, but I have done only a little bit of exploring on my own. I’d love to hear recommendations for some…
Posted by: Jer Thorp on Thursday, December 14th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: bar, California, Ferry Building Marketplace, san francisco, Travel | No Comments »
When I go out with friends we drink beer, or vodka, or tequila, or a combination of the aforementioned drinks. Would ever dream of going out with 2 friends and drinking Mojitos? Never…
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Thursday, October 5th, 2006
Categories: Worship | Tags: Crazy Bear, drink, lime, mojito, Soho, Travel | No Comments »
A few of us had the great pleasure to meet our online friend Helen Rennie while on a trip tp Vacouver recently as decribed so eloquently by Colin in his article “Dinner At Home…Vancouver Style”. Helen…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, September 20th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: friends, home cooking, Travel | No Comments »