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Imagine turning the faucet on in your kitchen and instead of water, wine comes flowing. This is what happened recently in Italy to the happy residents of Marino during the local Grape Festival. Some called it a 'miracolo' (miracle).

Filed under: East Coast, Restaurants, Pork, Roasting, Festivals, Fall This past Monday was the beginning of autumn, which in years past been somewhat of a sad time for my meat and fire loving alter ego, Joey Deckle, because it marks the end of the competitive barbecuing season. But not this time around.

Hokkaido Food Fair Continues Friday, September 19, through Sunday, September 21 (hours vary) Mitsuwa Marketplace, 595 River Rd., Edgewater, New Jersey (accessible by shuttle bus from Port Authority) www.MitsuwaNJ.com/en/dealnews/special.htm At last year's Hokkaido Food Fair, the featured item was

My flight for Berlin leaves shortly but I couldn’t take off without posting on my dinner last night with my buddy David Schachter at Il Grano in West Los Angeles. During the summer, Chef Salvatore Marino (from Naples) does an all heirloom tomato menu using fruit he grows in his yard in Hancock Park (Los Angeles).

I’m full. Absolutely stuffed. I can hardly belly up to the computer. Where’ve I been? To a restaurant? Nah, I’ve been to a sagra. What’s a sagra? It’s a food festival. Often a small town in Italy will block off a street, set up some booths and a makeshift kitchen, and serve up fresh, local food