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Popular British chef Jamie Oliver is starting a new series, but he won’t be seen on your TV. Jamie will be doing podcasts that deal with advice and cooking how-tos. Every topic tackled during the podcast will be in response to a query from a real cook who needs help in their kitchen. To get your question to Jamie, all you have to do is dial the dedicated phone line that takes podcast messages: 44 (0)207 043 8223. There is a 30 second time limit for messages and, as it is a standard London number, standard rates apply from wherever in the world you are calling. The best and funniest questions will make it on the air when the podcast launches later this year.

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At last I have a spare moment to catch up on the best wine writing on the internet via my RSS reader...

 

Derrick (Obsession with Food) is looking at Zinfandel and worries over the high alchol levels found in this Californian classic. To me, if the wine has enough weight - and most are very big and chunky, then high alcohol doesn't bother me. Derrick seems to think otherwise...

Staying in the single varietal vein Beau, with little forethought, plonks a bottle of Merlot in his shopping basket. Can't see why there is such an anti-Merlot movement myself. I couldn't do without a decent St.Emilion once in a while, although of course Merlot here is generally blended with other varieties. Beau goes Italian with his selection.

Apart from the odd rum I generally don't experiment with spirits. But that doesn't stop me following the Scotch Blog. Plenty of news and notes from the American angle; he has just set-up a whisky forum Whisky 101. I have even less time at the moment to look in on forums but for the whisky lover this might be of interest.

Another thing I am hopeless at is regularly following the wine podcasts pumped out by GrapeVine (the latest covers Pinot Noir) and Tim at WineCast. The latest cast is co-hosted with Alan Baker of the RatCast Podcast. A new one to me and another to add to the list of stuff I really would like to do/listen to but never seem to have the chance...

Podcast Alley - a website with detailed listings of all podcasts - lists a staggering 57 different casts in the food and drink section. Mind you they list 494 under religion/inspiration and 930 for technology! But still, 57 different casts to feed into your iPod or listen to on your computer. I admit to only having sampled a few; but of those I have, the following, in no particular order, are the best.

• Grape Radio
• Eat Feed
• PodChef
• WineCast

There is a great network developing of indie podcasters that should be of interest to the /food audience. Dip into them occasionally, they become very addicitive.

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Slashfoodie Judith (she of the great grilled cheese and asparagus) pointed me in the direction of an interview with Liz Smith on her book Dishing. The book is the famed gossip columnist's look at dining with celebrities and is part memoir, part cookbook, including recipes for iconic treats like the Elvis Fried Potato Sandwich. The interview on the Leonard Lopate show can be downloaded from the WYNC site.

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With a collection of 800 lists, Grocerylists.org is always good for a laugh. Basically, this is just what it sounds like--an enormous collection of found grocery lists. For me, the real fun comes in imaging to whom these lists belong, what sort of events led up to the writing of the lists, and what happened afterwards. Some are fairly wholesome, while others start out that way and then go awry.

The site also promises to have weekly installments of grocery lists in podcast format sometime in the near future. If anyone has any ideas here, feel free to share.