If you want lots of cooking ideas for the new year, I'm going to direct you to two "Best of 2007"food blogger events that include contributions from yours truly:
The "Foodblogger's Recipe Collection Best of 2007" received 133 entries from around the world! It is divided into three posts, by country. Lots of great ideas ... plus it's interesting to see what people around the world are cooking.
One Hot Stove hosted Best (Blogging) Moments of 2007. It includes lots of new (to me) food blogs that I'd plan to check out.