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.
At the age of about eight I remember a class field trip to the Museum of Vancouver. We’d seen quite a lot, but it was the small piece of succulent sockeye cooked with a hot rock in a cedar bentwood box that seared…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, March 5th, 2015
Categories: Meditations | Tags: barbecue, BBQ, first nation, salmon, sechelt, video, West Coast First Nations Food | 2 Comments »
We’d heard chatter about a cafe up near Squamish called Fergie’s Cafe that people would literally drive up from Vancouver or down from Whistler for. We had to try it for ourselves, so one recent foggy morning…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, January 25th, 2014
Categories: Worship | Tags: Andrea Busse, bc, Brackendale, eagles, Fergie's Cafe, mark busse, Nathan Garfinkel, salmon, Squamish, Sunwolf, video | 6 Comments »
When I first pitched this idea to Alec in December, it seemed obvious that we should do it. Consume all of Vanmag’s “25 things to taste before you die” in one day. It sounded like an all too perfect…
Posted by: Johnathon Vaughn on Friday, May 3rd, 2013
Categories: Worship | Tags: Gourmand, Gourmet, must eats, vancouver, video | No Comments »
Maybe you caught the Q&A with Roger Mooking on this recent post, or the latest video in which Mark and Ben interview him in our favourite underground sausage making facility, D-Original? Well, if either of those leave…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
Categories: Meditations | Tags: contest, cookbook, D-Original Sausage, everyday exotic, Roger Mooking, video | 2 Comments »
The Butchers of Gastown (BOG) is all about sharing in the sourcing of a whole beast (or beasts), learning how to take them apart and then making a feast fit for kings with little to no waste. Sharing being the operative…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
Categories: Meditations | Tags: butchers of gastown, clams, crab, ethics, halibut, lobster, mussels, oysters, sablefish, Seafood, The Daily Catch, tuna, video | 1 Comment »
It has been awhile since I have written a post for Foodists. A bloody long time to be quite honest. Even as I write this I am searching my brain for some small scrap that I might throw you, dear reader, to justify this…
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Monday, August 1st, 2011
Categories: Meditations | Tags: butchers of gastown, clams, crab, ethics, halibut, lobster, mussels, oysters, sablefish, Seafood, The Daily Catch, tuna, video | 2 Comments »
The Foodists recently had the opportunity to grab some kitchen time with celebrity chef Bob Blumer when he was in Vancouver promoting his new book, “Glutton for Pleasure”. The cookbook is his fourth and contains…
Posted by: Erin Mussolum on Thursday, April 28th, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: Bob Blumer, cookbook, Glutton for Punishment, interview, video, Vimeo | 2 Comments »
Recently Mark and I had the privilege of getting a first-hand sneak peak of the new Hapa Umi just before they opened. Hapa Umi is latest offering from this city’s preeminent izakaya empire Hapa Izakaya. Make no…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, March 24th, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: fine dining, Hapa Izakaya, hapa umi, izakaya, ocean wise, restaurant, sake, Seafood, sushi, vancouver, video | 3 Comments »
Ben and I had some fun exploring the Summer Night Market in Richmond recently, with videographers Nathan and Ryan capturing our culinary misadventure on camera. The idea was to give people who haven’t enjoyed a trip…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, September 3rd, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: asian, Bacon-Wrapped Quail Egg, BBQ, Beard Candy, Ben Garfinkel, China, coconut, Daikon, dessert, Dim Sum, Fish Balls, Halal, Hawkers, Hot Balls, Japan, lamb, mark busse, Night Market, Octopus Balls, Pandan Jelly, Rice Burger, Richmond, scallop, shrimp, spicy, Sui Mai, sukiyaki, summer, Sweet Beans, takoyaki, Tendon, Tripe, video, Vietnam | 6 Comments »
Shooting video ain’t easy. Editing is even harder. Thank goodness for a good production team. Every once in a while, a video catches my eye and captures my heart. While I obviously love food food food, food videos…
Posted by: Melody Fury on Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Categories: Meditations | Tags: video | 1 Comment »
Photo credit: Todd Smith It all started with a pig called Wanda. Then some members of the Foodists collective went on a road trip to Clinton, BC to pick out some lambs from Cutter Ranch. Now one of their fine animals has…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Friday, May 28th, 2010
Categories: Meditations | Tags: angus, angus II, angusII, butcher, butchers of gastown, butchery, cooking, Cutter Ranch, lamb, meat, video | 8 Comments »
The bustling energy that the 2010 Winter Olympics brought to Vancouver was amazing but I’m relieved to reclaim our city back from the visitors. During the games, I yearned to sample each Olympic Pavilion’s…
Posted by: Melody Fury on Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: Granville Island, Granville Island Public Market, Olympics, Olympics pavillions, video | 4 Comments »
I can’t count the times I’ve heard Mark say, “There’s something about being creative and loving food that goes hand-in-hand.” On top of that, I certainly can’t count the instances where…
Posted by: Stephanie Co & Todd Smith on Sunday, January 17th, 2010
Categories: Meditations | Tags: local, local food, vancouver, video | 1 Comment »
Leah’s mother exaggerates most things by a factor of 1000. Filling up her car these days, for example, costs about 100,000 bucks. So, while listening to Dixie as she told a wonderful, romantic story of cooking a…
Posted by: Jay and Leah on Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: beer, clams, fire, roast, roasting, thanksgiving, turkey, video, Wine | 4 Comments »