Our hotel’s “events” sheet for London listed “The BBC Good Food Show, London,” as a key weekend event, and that was an understatement. A quick Tube trip to Kensington/Olympia station took us to this wondrous exhibition of food vendors, chefs, wineries and even food gadgeteers who were selling such clever notion as the Tea Tool that allows you to squeeze as much tea out of a tea bag as humanly possible. Guess who bought one?

The big highlight? The stand on the second floor selling smoked tuna from Scotland. The earnest proprietor took the time to explain how his father taught him how to catch tuna (line caught) and the artisan method for smoking the tuna. It was as delicious as it sounds.

The other highlights were the amazing oils and vinegars from Mediterranean regions as well as a black truffle paste that could make a TV dinner taste like gourmet fare.

New on our PVR speed-dial: BBC America's Holiday Showdown. Two British families each pick their favorite vacation hotspot and the other family has to go along and "enjoy." Last week, one family chose Cancun while the other chose to do missionary work in Africa. This week's (which we haven't yet viewed) has the combo of Las Vegas and Yellowstone National Park. The chubby little kid of the Vegas-loving family declares (in the preview) "Anyone who doesn't just love Vegas is...stupid!"

Will UK's digital creators come out of the woodwork for this? It's going to be interesting to watch to see how UK digital media fans flock -- or don't -- to the BBC's Creative Archive license. 

Couldn't think of a better way to kick it off than announcing a contest for the best music video using the archive's video stock.