8/17/2023 0 Comments Devour meals vegan![]() ![]() In keeping with part of my heritage, I hopped on the pancake cereal fad but turnt them up a bit and made ube pancakes instead. It was always “Mr.” and not just “Clark”) are some of the happier moments he chose to share. Clark Gable (which is how he would retell the story she says. It seemed this acceptance and friendship he received from a big star like Mr. My grandmother (who is turning 99 this year!) to this day still reminds us of her brother-in-law’s numerous stories of driving around Clark Gable to star-studded events and what a “classy and nice guy” he was to my granduncle. The stories that they did share with us as kids were the good ones-like how my grandfather’s brother worked as a limousine driver in Hollywood and drove around many of its stars. My grandmother (I never met my grandfather as he died before I was born) doesn’t talk about the bad things, like the segregation, prejudice and other challenges and hardships that they faced, but I would sometimes overhear some of those sad stories in whispers when I was a little girl (most of which I was too young to understand). On my mom’s side, my grandfather’s two older brothers were the first to put down roots in the United States when they immigrated to Los Angeles in the 1940s after serving in the military helping the U.S. RELATED: Find out the winner of the Nourish Nova Scotia Food and Film Challenge on Oct.These past few weeks I’ve reflected on my personal past traumas and the traumas of my parents and ancestors. This year, we are hoping to attract more people as we continue to grow back to pre-pandemic levels bringing back our popular Celebrity Chef Dinners and expanding lots of programming outdoors where people tend to feel more comfortable." We happened to fall in a window each October where restrictions opened up slightly and we managed to get, an albeit smaller festival, rolling safely through. LIA RINALDO - "Unlike many other festivals and events in the region and across Canada, we actually never stopped producing our event through the pandemic. What will it be like being back fully in-person for the festival? Jason Bangerter from Ontario's Langdon Hall and our own Peter Dewar, all cooking from Charlie Trotter's Vegetables Cookbook - it will be an extraordinary dinner - with the filmmakers in attendance." Festival favourite Mary Sue Milliken from Border Grill in L.A. MICHAEL HOWELL - "The dinner following the Love Charlie screening has a pantheon of extraordinary chefs including Florida's Norman Van Aken - a godfather of American Cuisine Michel Nischan - one of the first adopters of a complete vegetarian menu in the U.S. I've seen a lot of films in this regard, but this one has real staying power – simply unbelievable how much an animal can say with it's eyes."Īnd what is the ONE stand-out thing (could be event, panel, gala, guest chef filmmaker) about this year's festival? ![]() ![]() I have to tell ya, it hit me to the core and has had me eating less meat since. "Cow follows a year in the life of Luma, a dairy cow in the U.K. (Courtesy Devour! ) LIA RINALDO - "As per my comments above about hard-hitting docs, there are quite a few, but the one that really got me was Cow." It’s a film about one dairy cow’s reality and acknowledging her great service to us." Cow screens at the Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville on Friday, Oct. To see both their beauty and the challenge of their lives. There are light-hearted films too … don't worry."ĭirector Andrea Arnold says this film is an endeavour to consider cows. "We wanted to present some hard-hitting docs that would make you look at the food system with a more informed perspective, one that might make you reconsider one part of how you approach it. "Yes, there are films on farming and plants, but moving well past that, there are films on climate change, large-scale feedlots, immigrant farm workers, farm sanctuaries, toxic algae, food insecurity, cultivated meat and the list trails on." LIA RINALDO - "As with most of our themes, when you start digging into the research, the theme develops and expands once you realize how much an idea like this actually touches every part of the conceivable food chain." Were there a lot of Plant-Based films to choose from? ![]() We asked Michael Howell and Managing Director Lia Rinaldo a few questions about this year's festival: Howell said given Devour!'s history ascribing to the principles of Slow Food and celebrating farmers and the growing plant-forward movement, they "decided to go for it." "As we wrapped up the 2021 edition, we were chatting with Chef Peter Dewar of the NSCC Kingstec and he said, 'Can I suggest a theme for next year - plant-based cuisine?' " (Courtesy Devour!) "For years various customers of the festival have asked, 'When would we have a vegetarian dinner?'," said Devour!'s Executive Director Michael Howell. Devour! Executive Director Michael Howell and Managing Director Lia Rinaldo. ![]()
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