Devour! Osoyoos Food Film Fest returns to the South Okanagan, May 5 - 7.

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The dinner, otherwise served with Okanagan wines from Maverick Estate Winery, Church & State, Covert Farms and Kismet Estate Winery, will also include Watermark Executive Chef Adair Scott含羞草研究社檚 sweet onion fritter with locally-foraged stinging nettle pur茅e (inspired by the film Daylily Fritters directed by Aube Giroux); birchbark smoked Okanagan sockeye salmon (inspired by the film Slow Food in Canada, directed by Kevin Kossowan) prepared by Calgary含羞草研究社檚 Chef Paul Rogalski, of Rouge; beef short rib with bean puree and 含羞草研究社渟eco 脿 la norte帽a jus含羞草研究社� (inspired by the film Why This Road: Dan Portelance, directed by Ben Proudfoot) prepared by Chef Ricardo Valverde of Vancouver含羞草研究社檚 Ancora Waterfront Dining and Patio; a dessert that marries rhubarb, bay leaf, mascarpone, yuzu and hazelnuts (inspired by the film Loss of Taste, directed by Luca Nestola) by Chef Julian Bond of Vancouver含羞草研究社檚 Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts (PICA); and a plate of Nova Scotia and B.C. cheeses, selected by chefs Howell and Scott and introduced by Hannah Cheesman含羞草研究社檚 short comic film, Cheese.

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