While everyone's hitting the gym this New Year's, we're flexing our mussels in the kitchen with this delicious Almond Baked Mussels recipe from The Manhattan [food] Project. Chris demonstrates how to properly clean, debeard, steam, and bake mussels like it's Venice Beach. And it's the perfect New Year's Eve appetizer.

Links:

• Recipe — The Baked Mussels recipe Chris used—from The Manhattan [food] Project.
• A Kitchen in France by Mimi Thorisson — The cookbook from which the recipe was originally published.
• Oysters Rockefeller — A similar take on Chris' recipe. Oysters baked with a bunch of tasty goodness.
• How to Clean and Debeard Mussels — Grip it and rip it.
• Coastal Coffee Roasters — The Ethiopian Yirgacheffe Phil got for Christmas.
• Spanakopita — A delicious little Greek savory pie that pairs great with Chris' mussels.
• Contra — Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, start.