Local food news

Food and Wine Festivals:

• Foxwoods Food & Wine Festival September 8-10 includes local stars of the kitchen, Divas Uncorked and celeberity chefs. See Foxwoodsfoodandwine.com
  
• September 28-30 in Newport RI, wine dinners pairing Newport's chesf and great wines from all over, auctions, demos. See Newportmansions.org for more info.

Garlic & Sapphires & the Emerald Necklace.

The Herald's Donna Goodison reports a deal has been struck between Gourmet Magazine and WGBH for a 20 part series "Gourmet's Diary of a Foodie" premiering on October 8. Ruth Reichl and executive editor John Willoughby, food editor Zanne Early Stewart will explore "global food destinations and local players, new food trends, and ingredients."