Polish up your kitchen skills with How-To advice from Internet resources:

1. Aw, shucks! Oyster shucking pro shares how it’s done (HAMPTON ROADS)
2. How to Make the Perfect Pie Crust (SAVEUR)
3. How to Toast Nuts (NY TIMES)
4. How to Make Your Own Fig Newtons (SERIOUS EATS)
5. How to Quickly Fix an Undercooked Thanksgiving Turkey – VIDEO (CHOW)
6. How to Make Gravy: A step-by-step guide to delicious, lump-free gravy (BON APPETIT)

On the reception menu…

1. Canapés For All! Check Out The Menu For The Royal Wedding Reception! (PEREZ HILTON)
2. The Black Widow Speaks Out on Hot Dog Prize Disparity (EATER)
3. Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest Achieves Gender Equality (GRUB STREET)
4. World’s Best Pizza: Here’s our listing of some of the most delicious pizzas the world over (YAHOO!)
5. Sea salt confuses Americans, but then, so does wine (LA TIMES)
6. Writer of Pro-McDonald’s Stories Has Connections to (You Guessed It) McDonald’s (GRUB STREET)

On the menu…

1. Pasta Porn: 101 of America’s Most Delicious Noodle Dishes – SLIDESHOW (GRUB STREET)
2. San Francisco’s Blue Bottle Coffee Will Install Rooftop Beehives (THE FEAST)
3. Foodies Have Their Pick of Online Coupon Sites (BAY AREA BITES)
4. Japanese Radiation Called No Threat to North American Fish Fans (US NEWS)
5. Taco Bell Test Shells Made From Doritos (ZAGAT)
6. Six Simple Changes That Could Help You Save $2,997 a Year (EATING WELL)
7. Royal Wedding Cake Will Be Months in the Making (JS ONLINE)
8. Americans Work 8.5 Hour Days On Average, Spend Just 30 Minutes Cooking (CLEVELAND LEADER)
9. Detail emerge about Shophouse — Chipotles new chain (SLASH FOOD)
10. Fast Food Horror: Burger King’s Meat Monster (SHOPPING BLOG)

This sounds good…

1. ‘Day Of Honey’: The Unifying Sweetness Of Food (WEEKEND EDITION SUNDAY / NPR)
2. Roots (EAT FEED)
3. Hot Grease: Episode 62, Sanura Weathers (HERITAGE RADIO NETWORK)
4. ‘Next Great Restaurant’: Delicious Reality TV (FRESH AIR / NPR)
5. Regulators Light A Fire Under Culinary Schools (ALL THINGS CONSIDERED / NPR)
6. Audible Edibles: Radio Food Shows (GIGABITING)

DO YOU PLAN your vacations around food?

If so, you’re a culinary tourist — and these links are for you!

1. Chow Down in Puebla (NEW YORK MAGAZINE)
2. Paris city break: an insider’s guide to restaurants (TELEGRAPH)
3. The Eater Paris Heat Map: Where to Eat Right Now (EATER)
4. To-Die-For Parisian Sweet Shops (BUDGET TRAVEL)
5. Hollywood Eats: 10 Ways To Do L.A. Like a Star (BON APPETIT)
6. Travel for Coffee Geeks (ZAGAT)
7. Chefs’ Small Plates Give Vegas a Spanish Flair (THE STREET)
8. Seven Delicious Road Trips Designed to Make You Drool (LOUISIANA CULINARY TRAILS)
9. Join Anne Burrell, other Food Network chefs on a cruise (STAR TELEGRAM)
10. Oxford Culinary Tourism Project – VIDEO (TILLSONBURG NEWS)