Andrew Grett, owner of Smitty’s Smokehouse & BBQ Joint in Lyndhurst, shows our food guy how to transform bone-in pork into smokin’ good pulled pork. (Video by Pete Genovese).

A short clip of the 18 member All-State Jazz Ensemble rehearsal at the Black Box Theatre at Trump Plaza in Atlantic City last week before performing with the New Jersey Honors Jazz Choir. They will perform again together Friday at NJPAC‘s Victoria Theater.

In his new show opening last Friday at LITM, entitled “The Organ Grinder’s Monkey,” Ken Bastard played the part of performing primate as he created 24 paintings in 24 hours, live in LITM‘s storefront windows. (Video by Jennifer Weiss)

Once a year, pastry chef Joe Gabriel, of the Pluckemin Inn in Bedminster, gets to rub elbows with the New York fashion elite at the New York Chocolate Show. The three-day event, held this past weekend at Pier 94 in Manhattan, opened with its annual “Chocolate Fashion Show,” where designers and pastry chefs join forces to create a “chocolate collection.” For the last month and half, Gabriel has been working with New York designer Brandy Lunsford to create a chocolate dress in keeping with the show’s superhero theme. Proceeds from the show benefit the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation for breast cancer research. (Video by Nyier Abdou/The Star-Ledger)