your local grocery store -- or the telephone or computer: -- The newly restored Grand Central Terminal in New York City is being filled with trendy new restaurants and food shops, but The Oyster Bar stands tall as the oldest and best-known among them, having been at the station almost since its beginnings about 80 years ago. Now you have Oyster Bar seafood and holiday specialties, such as a 2-pound smoked sturgeon ($39.95, plus $19 shipping) or New York cheesecake ($29.95, plus $22.50 shipping) delivered. Call 1 (800) 622-7775.

-- Let's have a real good clambake -- for New Year's Eve. The New England Lobster Feast ($137 dinner for two, $41 for each additional serving) by Clambake Celebrations includes 2-pound live lobsters, corn on the cob, new potatoes, onions, bibs, claw crackers, seafood forks, wetnaps and candles and the disposable steamer pot. The price includes New Year's Eve FedEx delivery from Cape Cod. Call 1 (800) 423-4038.

-- If your recipients like lobster on their own schedule, give them a 15-day Lobster Trap Lease ($169) from Maine At Home. This entitles the bearers to whatever is caught during a 15-day period of their choosing in their own numbered trap off the rocky bottom of Passamaquoddy Bay in Maine. Recipients get a card indicating the live catch (minimum guarantee is 7 pounds), when they can request the equivalent delivered overnight. Each lease agreement comes in a wooden replica lobster crate with lobster crackers, picks, bibs, wetnaps, cooking instructions -- and a red plush lobster. Call 1 (877) MAINE-2-U; Web site is maine home.com.

-- Seafood treats from the Pacific Northwest are the Smokehouse Salmon Dinner Fillets (four 6-ounce sockeye fillets, $39.95; six for $57.95; eight for $75.95) from Seabear Smokehouse. They're shipped on dry ice by two-day air express. Call 1 (800) 645-FISH; Web site is seabear.com.

-- The traditional French holiday sponge cake yule log, Buche de Noel, is offered by Patisserie Lambert for holiday shipment in two sizes: 12 inches ($30) and 24 inches ($60). "Rising Star'' chef Sarah Lambert fills it with chocolate buttercream and decorates it with marzipan holly leaves and berries, meringue mushrooms dusted in gold leaf, and a chocolate plaque inscribed "Joyeaux Noel.'' Call 1 (877) 292-1229; Web site is patisserielambert.com.

-- A specialty of Mrs. Beasley's, a West Coast-based bakery, is the Miss Grace Lemon Cake. A recipient of the Miss Grace Tower ($99.95, plus $19.50 express shipment) gets a glistening lemon cake, 18 cookies, four mini-loaves and three brownie bars, packed in stacking round boxes. Call 1 (800) 575-2253; Web site is mrsbeasleys.com.

-- A Northwest classic, the rich brandy-soaked Monastery Fruitcake made by the brothers at the Trappist Abbey of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Lafayette, Ore., now can be ordered -- with a 10 percent discount -- online. Both the fruitcake and the abbey's Ginger Date-Nut Cake have the same prices: a box of two 1-pound cakes is $18; a single 3-pound cake is $23.50 and a box of three 1-pound cakes is $25. Shipping cost starts at $4.75. Larger cartons also are available; phone Br. Patrick for a quote. Call 1 (800) 294-0105; Web site is trappistabbey.org.

-- Suppose you want to arrange a really impressive spread. How about an entire gourmet buffalo ($15,000) -- shipped in 20-pound increments -- from Heartland Buffalo? This bargain includes the hide and head suitable for mounting, and for $5,000 extra, you can have the services of a professional chef to prepare it. For more modest appetites, order the Steak Supreme package ($54.95, plus $8 freight in some states), which includes two 7-ounce fillet mignon steaks and five packs (25 in all) of buffalo dogs. Call 1 (800) 277-0125; Web site is heartlandbuffalo.com.

-- Texans or Texan-wannabes often hanker for treats originating in the Lone Star state. The Great Texas Line of Fort Worth, known for its Texan-in-Survival Rations Kit, now offers an affordable ($24.95, plus shipping and handling) Easy Grazin' Snackin' Basket. Included are Fain's Pecan-Honey Spread from the Hill Country; Texas pecan pralines by Aunty Aggie De of Sinton; spicy but not hot Easy Grazin' Snackin' Mix; a 16-ounce jar of Cordon Bubba Fire Roasted Pepper Salsa; Slovacek's hickory-smoked, Czech-style beef sausage from Snook; and a box of Pecan Street bourbon-candied pecans. Call 1 (800) 73TEXAS; Web site is texasmade.com.

Food and wine are easy to order -- First, he brought us "The Godfather'' movies; then he started producing acclaimed wines. Now Francis Ford Coppola is on the shelf -- with a line of gourmet pastas and sauces. The Coppola Mammarella selection (that's his mom's picture on the label) includes pomodoro-basilico, puttanesca and arrabbiata sauces ($5.99 for 26-ounce jar) and quadrefiore, rosette, gemelli and farfallone pastas ($4.99 for a 16-ounce package). Available at upscale food shops and departments or direct by mail. Call 1 (800) RUBICON; Web site is www.niebaum-coppola.com.

-- An Italian restaurateur who has taken the opposite route -- from the kitchen to the screen, via public television -- Lidia Matticchio Bastianich offers sauces to enjoy at home. Lidia's Flavors of Italy line includes Italian Tomato and Fresh Herb; Garden Vegetable and Herb; and Zesty Onion and Tuscan Pepper, with each 26-ounce jar costing about $7.99. Find them at the Food Emporium, Zabars, Citarella, and other stores; the Web site is Lidiasitaly.com.

-- For an easy party setup, consider holiday gift packs from Windsor Vineyards of Sonoma County in California. The Savory Sausage and Cheese Gift includes the county's well-known Vella dry jack cheese and smoked ham sausage; choose it with a 1996 Cabernet Sauvignon and a 1997 Chardonnay ($42) or with a 1995 Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon and a 1997 Private Reserve Chardonnay ($49). A Millennium Party Pack includes snacks, cappuccino bark, a "Say Cheese'' camera filled with cheese and crackers, two millennium notepads to write down resolutions and a bottle of either 1995 Signature Series Cabernet Sauvignon ($47) or 1997 Signature Series Chardonnay ($42).

The winery offers wines with personalised messages and greetings on the labels and this year has a millennium greeting design. Call 1 (800) 333-9987; Web site is windsorvineyards.com.

-- Twenty-one is the age of maturity, and for a Scotch whisky connoisseur that's especially well-aged. The Glenlivet Archive 21 Year Old ($100 per bottle) is an elite single malt that has been aged a minimum of 21 years -- and some have been cask-aged for 40 years or more. Glenlivet recommends enjoying this heirloom neat, over ice, or with a splash of pure spring water.

-- Taittinger offers a celebratory Millennium Blend champagne ($175 per numbered bottle, magnums only), a limited edition to enjoy this New Year's Eve. Most of the cuvee is from the 1996 vintage and is a blend of chardonnay and pinot noir grapes grown in 100 percent-rated grand crus vineyards.

-- Get your kicks both inside and outside of the bottle with Piper-Heidsieck's Champagne Piper "Gaultier Corset'' Bottle ($100). This sexy bubbly is laced up in a red vinyl wrap created by French fashion star Jean-Paul Gaultier.

-- At Champagne Pommery, the design comes from the house of Christian Dior, which has created a limited edition quilted, insulated backpack to carry a magnum Brut Royal bottle ($300) off to your celebration. Call (914) 251-WINE to find out where to purchase.

-- For the martini maven on your list, there's Bombay Sapphire's holiday co-pack ($18.99), which pairs a 750ml bottle of Bombay Sapphire with a martini glass that has seven blue marbles rolling around in the stem.

-- Or make your martinis with Grey Goose, the vodka from France ($27-$30). The importers suggest this recipe for a French Cosmopolitan Martini: 3 ounces vodka, 1 ounce cointreau, dash of cranberry juice, squeeze of lime, and lime peel garnish.