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Since it's New Year's Eve and you are either running around the kitchen putting the final caviar garnishes on the hors d'ouevre for your cocktail party, or you are running around the bathroom getting all dolled up for a party downtown, we're pointing you to ForkYou TV for a little bit of quick entertainment. There's some education in there, too, but we'll ignore that since we're on vacation right now.

Marisa and Scott are the folks behind ForkYou, and bring you short how-to vidoes from Philadelphia. I was originally introduced to them with their pilot episode, We Sushi So You Don't Have to. In keeping with the most recent Holidays, they've also done Holiday cookies and latkes.

So before you twirl off to watch the ball drop, take a peek!

Sometimes, you just don't have the luxury of sitting at your desk in front of your computer to drool over pictures of food. You have to go run around town doing errands. You have to drive to work. You have to go workout. In these moments of crazy chaos, you can still feed your foodie addiction by listening to podcasts.

Though podcasts are still somewhat new to the food world, they are becoming more and more popular, with big sites like Epicurious, the Food Network, and most of the larger newspapers offering them from food writers, and even chefs doing their own. So how are you supposed to know what's good and what's bad? Food Notebook has reviewed and rated 15 podcasts to help you build your foodcast library with some delicious listening.

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Tired of reading about food? Try listening to food, since food is hitting the airwaves from professionals on the radio to amateurs doing their own Podcasts.

We'd love to think that by watching Emeril, Bobby, Giada and Rachael on tv we'll turn ourselves into master cooks, but the truth of the matter is, you have to get in the kitchen and cook yourself to really learn. Professionals give 10 tips on how to turn your kitchen into a culinary bootcamp. Then you can make Kaboom! Kebabs to serve with Mango Salsa and tortillas, Grilled Salmon with Pasta and Late Summer Vegetables, Roasted Fennel and Red Pepper Salad, Cocoa Sauce for drizzling over anything, Cherry Strudel, and homemade salad dressings: Tarragon Grapefruit Vinaigrette, Mango Lime and Fresh Ginger Dressing, and Lemon Rosemary Dressing.

Put a flattening colander, a silicone rolling pin, and a juicer to good use.

For fresh French fare in Chicago, try Floriole Bakery.

Since you can't take the television set with you when you're shopping at the market for ingredients to make Ina Garten's faaaaabulous croissant bread pudding, now you can take a video with you on you iPod.

Podcasting isn't new, and video podcasts certainly aren't earth-shattering either. However, the food world is just introducing themselves by offering videos that you can download to your iPod of chefs demonstrating things like pan-searing a salmon steak or whipping up a batch of chocolate chip cookies.

Currently, it seems like it is manufacturers who are using the technology to do demos that feature their products (Sub-zero and Wolf Ranges, for example), but it won't be long, I'm sure, before you can take Ms. Ray right along with you as you try to spend less than $40 a day in her favorite city.

• Eric Asimov profiles wine critic Robert Parker.
• Kim Severson gets the dirt on food radio and podcasts.
• Marrian Burros searches for salmon in a Vermont lake.
• Mark Bittman sings the praises of pork shoulder.
• Frank Bruni reviews Morimoto.
• Susan Guerrero learns about making maple syrup.