You can learn how to do just about anything on YouTube -- make tortillas from scratch, butcher a whole pig, whip up bacon and egg ice cream. And of course, there are billion TV shows about food, from cooking competitions to eating bizarre foods to visiting diners and barbecue joints all across the country. But you know what? We're over it! This whole video and TV thing is way overrated, anyway. Truly passionate foodies are taking it old-school by starting their own web radio networks, according to an article in the New York Times. At least, that's what Patrick Martins of Heritage Foods USA has done. He's launched the Heritage Radio Network, featuring a variety of food-related shows that air live on the web and are archived on the site. Some even take phone calls. Lots of shows are still debuting, but there are or will be ones about urban foraging, cheese, food and music, and cooking techniques. Think of it as a hip NPR for foodies.

It may have finally happened -- we've gotten overloaded with so many flashy TV hosts, catch phrases, glossy kitchen sets, and food shows that have nothing to with cooking and barely have anything to do with food, even, that we're shunning all visuals and returning to the basics. It'll be interesting to see whether this new network takes off. You can bet I'll be turning in, and tuning out Guy Fieri and all those cake-decorating competitions.

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