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.
When I caught wind of their new Long Table Series, I knew it was time for a trip back to the new Irish Heather.
Posted by: Dave Shea on Monday, July 20th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: Gastown, Guiness, irish heather, long table, LTS, restaurant, review, short ribs, vancouver | 1 Comment »
If you’re reading this, it’s very likely that you enjoy good coffee and appreciate conversation with interesting people. Then we’re like-minded. Join Foodists at Likemind Vancouver, a social movement…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, July 16th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: coffee, Elysian, event, Likemind, vancouver | 1 Comment »
I had the privilege of being a judge at CupcakeCamp Vancouver last week, which raised an enormous amount of money for the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre. The idea of judging is great: show up, eat cupcakes, judge…
Posted by: Eagranie Yuh on Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: cupcake, judging, vancouver | 2 Comments »
What goes better with good wine than a fine cheese? That’s right—nothing! Which is why the organizers of the second annual VinoCamp Vancouver 09 have added CheeseCamp to their educational sessions and tasting…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: cheese, CheeseCamp, event, UBC, vancouver, VinoCamp, Wine | 5 Comments »
I commute weekly between Victoria and Vancouver. For those of you who have never been, Victoria is a small city on the Southern tip of Vancouver Island. It is 30 minutes by float plane from Vancouver. It is also within…
Posted by: Evan Leeson on Monday, July 6th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: artisan, chop, choux choux charcuterie, european, island, pig, pork, sloping hill, smoke, smoked, vancouver, Victoria | No Comments »
When we moved into our current home there was a little corner store / coffee shop run by Mario and Maria, an older Portugese couple. About six months later they closed so the building could be renovated. No one ever…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: Dias Coffee Shop, egg custartd tart, egg tart, pastry, Portugese pastry, vancouver | 5 Comments »
Ben and I were recently invited to join a few other food bloggers at a media tasting lunch at Irashai Grill on West Pender. But wait a second I thought, there’s an Irashai downtown Vancouver? Since when? Well…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, May 21st, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: french, fusion, Irashai Grill, Japanese, restaurant, review, Sauces, sushi, vancouver, West Pender | 5 Comments »
Vancouver’s Chefs Table Society, to which a number of the Foodists belong, announced their new online platform today with this press release: Hi CTS members, The Chefs Table Society went Web 2.0 this morning with…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, May 4th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Chefs Table Society, forum, vancouver, website | 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 »
This past weekend I went to Market Restaurant at the Shangri-La hotel. This was quite the highly anticipated dinner for me for a couple of reasons. One, I had to wait a whole month to get in at a prime time on a Saturday…
Posted by: Lisa Nakamura on Sunday, April 12th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: 2009, Jean-Georges, lobster, market, restaurant, review, Shangri-La, soup, vancouver | No Comments »
Sometimes a little change can make things exciting again! Mark and I used to go to one of the many great coffee shops along Commercial Drive in East Vancouver every morning for our daily caffeine fix. But, the Americanos…
Posted by: Andrea Busse on Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: coffee, Commercial-Drive, Elysian, French press, Frieling, grinder, vancouver | 9 Comments »
Say hello to Wanda. Wanda was purchased by some of the men of the Foodists collective a few weeks ago. She said her farewell to her time at Sloping Hills Farm this past week and was greeted with much excitement and…
Posted by: Karen Hamilton on Saturday, March 28th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: bc, butchers, butchery, canada, downtown, events, Foodists, Gastown, knives, manly men, meat, pig, pork, vancouver, wanda | 18 Comments »
Don’t get me wrong, I love fancy food and am willing to pay good money for a classy dining experience. But sometimes I just want good old fashioned diner-style fry up. Enter Deacon’s Corner in Gastown, right…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: biscuits, Breakfast, deacon's corner, diner, old fashioned, restaurant, review, sausage, vancouver | 4 Comments »
You already know that Foodists eat and sleep in order to eat and drink. But what about celebrating? We also love to celebrate – and we’re all insanely happy to be wishing Tiny Bites a happy first birthday.…
Posted by: Eagranie Yuh on Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: birthday, Tiny Bites, vancouver | 2 Comments »
Yesterday, March 13th, the iconic heritage landmark on West Hastings Street served their loyal customers for the last time, leaving the downtown east side without its great retro lunch counter. Owner Al DesLauriers, who…
Posted by: Johnathon Vaughn on Saturday, March 14th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: butcher, vancouver | 4 Comments »