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.
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.
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.
Hungry is a new online food magazine written by four guys who are
foodies. Not in the sometimes-elitist sense
that we don't really approve of here at Slashfood, but the sense that they love good food and everything associated
with it - even if it comes from a fast food joint. In other words, they’re our kind of guys. Though still in a
relatively early stage, Hungry is off to a great start, with interesting chef interviews, available as podcasts, and
other articles. Some of the features include food history, recipes and
events. The magazine is based in Chicago, so though they have covered the likes of the McArabia Sandwich, much of the
coverage will be based in the greater Chicago area. We look forward to seeing more from Hungry in the future.
Since the beginning of the year, Eat Feed has hosted a podcast that "takes you back in time, across the country, around the world, and back to your own table." Think NPR’s “Fresh Air,” but with food. In recent months, the site has featured downloadable mp3 discussions such as “Ice Cream Through The Ages,” “At Shakespeare’s Table,” and “The French Flavors of Cinco De Mayo.”
Aside from programs like these, Eat Feed also features a great set of links to other sites dealing with food history, foodways, blogs and other food-related fun stuff online.